Example 1

A tie bar is welded to a plate as shown in Fig below

Find the strength of the weld. Take size of the fillet as 6 mm and working stress of the
fillet weld as 100 MPa.
100

100
P P

100

Solution:
Given: Size of the weld (s) = 6 mm and stress of the fillet weld () = 100 MPa = 100
N/mm2.
From the geometry of the weld, we find that length of the fillet weld,
l = 100 + 100 + 100 = 300 mm
and effective throat thickness, t = 0.7s = 0.7x6 = 4.2mm
Strength of the weld, P = l. t.  = 300x4.2x100 = 126 000 N = 126kN Ans

Example 2
A 100 mm x 10 mm plate is to be welded to another plate 150 mm x 10 mm by fillet
weld of 6 mm size on three sides as shown in Fig below

x
P 150 100 P

Determine the necessary overlap of the plate. Take allowable stresses in the plate as
140 MPa and allowable stress in the weld as 100 MPa.
Solution:
Given: Size of smaller plate = 100 mm x 10mm; Size of larger plate = 150 mm x
10mm; size of fillet weld (s) = 6 mm; allowable stress in plate = 140 MPa = 140
N/mm2 and allowable stress in the weld () =100 N/mm2
Let x = Necessary overlap of the plate in mm.
We know that strength of the plate (P)
= (100 x 10) x 140= 140 000 N
We also know that total length of the weld,
l = (2x + 100) mm
and thickness of the weld,
t = 0.7 s = 0.7 x 6 = 4.2 mm
 *Strength of the fillet weld
 l.t.  2x 100 4.2 100  840 x  42 000
Equating strength of the plate and strength of the weld,
140 000  840x  42 000
 140000  42000
or x 116.7 mm say 120 mm
840