Design of fillet welds and partial penetration butt welds

Richard Henderson of the SCI discusses the directional method for the design of fillet welds and partial penetration butt welds and shows how the combined stress formula is related to Von Mises’ failure criterion. The weld design rules can be applied in all cases.

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