Technical
AD 411: Design of web to flange welds in plate girders
The SCI Advisory Desk is frequently asked how to design the welds between the flange and web of a plate girder. The following note discusses the standard formula for the shear flow between web and flanges of a doubly symmetric beam which is used for weld design and gives the background to the formula in Eurocode 3 Part 51. An example is also presented.
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