Re: CALCULATION OF WELD LOAD & WELD THROAT ,DUE TO PIPE & SELF WEIGHT

On Jun 18, 2005, at 4:54 AM, rajesh sharma wrote:

> I AM TO CALCULATE THE MAXIMUM WELD LOAD THAT A WELD B/W THE
> I-BEAM or C-CAHNNEL or T -SECTION CAN BEAR , I HAVE ALSO O CALCULATE
> THE WELD THROAT

This is something you should have learned in school. If you haven't had any coursework in strength of materials you're putting lives and money at stake by pretending to make calculations you don't understand. It's not rocket science, but it does require that you be able to read and understand design codes and the underlying principles. Connections are the weak point of any structure and welded connections require a great deal of care in design and manufacture. If you don't know what you're doing you should leave it to someone who does.

That said, you'll probably want your local equivalent to the US AISC Code and a book like Blodgett's _Design of Welded Structures_. Any good strength of materials book will contain the necessary background.

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