Weld Design to BS 5950-1:

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Factored Forces
VX = 3.04 kN shear hor.
VY = 0.2 kN shear vert. X
VZ = 0 kN axial
MX = 0.289 kN-m
MY = 0.019 kN-m
MZ = 0 kN-m
0
dw = 30 mm weld depth
bw = 38 mm weld breadth
tw = 3 mm fillet weld thickness
Lw = 2*bw = 76 mm total fillet weld length
Swy = bw2/3 = 481 mm2 weld section modulus (bending about y-axis)
2
Swz = bw*dw = 1140 mm weld section modulus (bending about x-axis)
2 2 3
Iw = bw*(3*dw +bw )/6 26245 mm weld polar moment of inertia
Weld Forces
fxw = VX*1000/Lw = 40 N/mm
fyw = VY*1000/Lw = 3 N/mm
fzw = VZ*1000/Lw = 0 N/mm
fxMy = MY*10002/Swy = 39 N/mm
fxMz = MZ*10002/Swz = 0 N/mm
2
fyMx = MX*1000 *(dw/2)/Iw 165 N/mm
2
fzMx = MX*1000 *(bw/2)/Iw 209 N/mm

Resultant Shear
Fw = sqrt [(fxw+fxMy+fxMz)2 +(fyw+fyMx)2 + (fzw+fzMx)2 ]= 280 N/mm

Weld Shear Capacity

pw = 220 mPa fillet weld design strength (Table 37 BS 5950-1)
aw = 0.707*tw = 2.1 mm fillet weld effective throat size
Pw = pw*aw = 467 N/mm weld capacity per unit length
Fw/Pw = 0.60 < 1.0 Therefore OK!
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Factored Forces Y
VX = 8.7 kN
VY = 11.07 kN
VZ = 0 kN X Z
MX = 0 kN-m
MY = 0 kN-m
MZ = 0 kN-m

dw = 100 mm weld depth

bw = 10 mm weld breadth
tw = 5 mm fillet weld thickness
Lw = 2*dw = 200 mm total fillet weld length
Swy = bw*dw = 1000 mm2 weld section modulus (bending about y-axis)
2 2
Swz = dw /3 = 3333 mm weld section modulus (bending about x-axis)
2 2 3
Iwx = dw*(3*bw +dw )/6 171667 mm weld polar moment of inertia
Weld Forces
fxw = VX*1000/Lw = 44 N/mm
fyw = VY*1000/Lw = 55 N/mm
fzw = VZ*1000/Lw = 0 N/mm
fxMy = MY*10002/Swy = 0 N/mm
fxMz = MZ*10002/Swz = 0 N/mm
2
fyMx = MX*1000 *(dw/2)/Iwx 0 N/mm
2
fzMx = MX*1000 *(bw/2)/Iwx 0 N/mm

Resultant Shear
Fw = sqrt [(fxw+fxMy+fxMz)2 +(fyw+fyMx)2 + (fzw+fzMx)2 ]= 70 N/mm

Weld Shear Capacity

pw = 220 mPa fillet weld design strength (Table 37 BS 5950-1)
aw = 0.707*tw = 3.5 mm fillet weld effective throat size
Pw = pw*aw = 778 N/mm weld capacity per unit length
Fw/Pw = 0.09 < 1.0 Therefore OK!
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Factored Forces
FX = 0.17 kN
Y
FY = 1.67 kN
FZ = 0 kN
MX = 0 kN-m
MY = 0 kN-m X Z
MZ = 2.019 kN-m

bw = 40 mm weld breadth
dw = 40 mm weld depth
tw = 10 mm fillet weld thickness
Lw = 2(bw+dw) = 160 mm total fillet weld length
Swy = bw*dw + (bw2/3) = 2133.333333 mm2 weld section modulus (bending about y-axis)
2
Swz = dw*bw + (dw /3) = 2133.333333 mm2 weld section modulus (bending about z-axis)
3 3
Iwx = (bw+dw) /6 85333.33333 mm weld polar moment of inertia

Weld Forces
fxw = FX*1000/Lw = 1 N/mm
fyw = FY*1000/Lw = 10 N/mm
fzw = FZ*1000/Lw = 0 N/mm
fzM = MX*10002*(dw/2)/Iwx = 0 N/mm
fyM = MX*10002*(bw/2)/Iwx = 0 N/mm
2
fxMy = MY*1000 /Swy = 0 N/mm
fxMz = MZ*10002/Swz = 946 N/mm

Resultant Shear
Fw = sqrt [(fxw+fxMy+fxMz)2 +(fyw+fyM)² + (fzw+fzM)2 ]= 948 N/mm

Weld Shear Capacity

pw = 220 mPa fillet weld design strength (Table 37 BS 5950-1)
aw = 0.707*tw = 7.1 mm fillet weld effective throat size
Pw = pw*aw = 1555 N/mm weld capacity per unit length
Fw/Pw = 0.61 < 1.0 Therefore OK!
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Y
Factored Forces
VX = 20.02 kN axial
VY = 0.28 kN shear vert.
X Z
VZ = 0 kN shear hor.
MX = 0 kN-m
MY = 0 kN-m
MZ = 0 kN-m

dw = 250 mm weld depth

bw = 56 mm weld breadth
tw = 4 mm fillet weld thickness
Lw = 4*dw = 1000 mm total fillet weld length
Swy = 2*bw*dw = 28000 mm2 weld section modulus (bending about y-axis)
2 2
Swz = 2*dw /3 = 41666.66667 mm weld section modulus (bending about x-axis)
2 2 3
Iw = 2*dw*(3*bw +dw )/6 5992333 mm weld polar moment of inertia
Weld Forces
fxw = VX*1000/Lw = 20 N/mm
fyw = VY*1000/Lw = 0 N/mm
fzw = VZ*1000/Lw = 0 N/mm
fxMy = MY*10002/Swy = 0 N/mm
fxMz = MZ*10002/Swz = 0 N/mm
2
fyMx = MX*1000 *(dw/2)/Iw 0 N/mm
2
fzMx = MX*1000 *(bw/2)/Iw 0 N/mm

Resultant Shear
Fw = sqrt [(fxw+fxMy+fxMz)2 +(fyw+fyMx)2 + (fzw+fzMx)2 ]= 20 N/mm

Weld Shear Capacity

pw = 220 mPa fillet weld design strength (Table 37 BS 5950-1)
aw = 0.707*tw = 2.8 mm fillet weld effective throat size
Pw = pw*aw = 622 N/mm weld capacity per unit length
Fw/Pw = 0.03 < 1.0 Therefore OK!
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Factored Forces
VX = 0.76 kN shear hor.
VY = 7.83 kN shear vert. Y
VZ = 12.07 kN axial
MX = 0 kN-m X Z
MY = 1.207 kN-m
MZ = 0.783 kN-m

dw = 116 mm weld depth

bw = 200 mm weld breadth
tw = 6 mm fillet weld thickness
Lw = 4*bw = 800 mm total fillet weld length
Swy = 2*bw2/3 = 26667 mm2 weld section modulus (bending about y-axis)
2
Swz = 2*bw*dw = 46400 mm weld section modulus (bending about x-axis)
2 2 3
Iw = 2*bw*(3*dw +bw )/6 5357867 mm weld polar moment of inertia
Weld Forces
fxw = VX*1000/Lw = 1 N/mm
fyw = VY*1000/Lw = 10 N/mm
fzw = VZ*1000/Lw = 15 N/mm
fxMy = MY*10002/Swy = 45 N/mm
fxMz = MZ*10002/Swz = 17 N/mm
2
fyMx = MX*1000 *(dw/2)/Iw 0 N/mm
2
fzMx = MX*1000 *(bw/2)/Iw 0 N/mm

Resultant Shear
Fw = sqrt [(fxw+fxMy+fxMz)2 +(fyw+fyMx)2 + (fzw+fzMx)2 ]= 66 N/mm

Weld Shear Capacity

pw = 220 mPa fillet weld design strength (Table 37 BS 5950-1)
aw = 0.707*tw = 4.2 mm fillet weld effective throat size
Pw = pw*aw = 933 N/mm weld capacity per unit length
Fw/Pw = 0.07 < 1.0 Therefore OK!
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Factored Forces
FX = 0 kN
FY = 0.56 kN Y
FZ = 0 kN
MX = 0 kN-m
MY = 0 kN-m X
MZ = 0.08 kN-m

D= 20 mm weld diameter
tw = 5 mm weld thickness
Lw = πD = 62.8318 mm total weld length
Swy = πD2/2 = 628.318 mm2 weld section modulus (bending about y-axis)
2 2
Swz = πD /2 = 628.318 mm weld section modulus (bending about z-axis)
Iwx = πD3/4 = 6283.18 mm3 weld polar moment of inertia
Weld Forces
fxw = FX*1000/Lw = 0 N/mm
fyw = FY*1000/Lw = 9 N/mm
fzw = FZ*1000/Lw = 0 N/mm
fyMx = MX*10002*(D/2)/Iwx = 0 N/mm
fzMx = MX*10002*(D/2)/Iwx = 0 N/mm
2
fxMy = MY*1000 /Swy = 0 N/mm
2
fxMz = MZ*1000 /Swz = 127 N/mm

Resultant Shear
Fw = sqrt [(fxw+fxMy+fxMz)2 +(fyw+fyM)2 + (fzw+fzM)2 ]= 128 N/mm

Weld Shear Capacity

pw = 115 mPa weld design strength (Table 7.3-1M ADM)
aw = 0.707*tw = 3.5 mm fillet weld effective throat size
Fsw = pw*aw/1.95 = 208.474 N/mm
Fw/Pw = 0.61 < 1.0 Therefore OK!
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