WELD DESIGN (LSD) - (BS EN 3-1-8)

DESIGN - VERIFICATION OF WELD, AS PER BS EN 1993 1 8

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* INPUT -
I1) FORCES & MOMENTS (FACTORED) -
Force, fx ≔ 20.87 kN ⋅ 0.5 (Shear, H) Load ecc. ez ≔ 70 mm Moment, mx ≔ 0 kN ⋅ m (-)
Force, fy ≔ 1.13 kN ⋅ 0.5 (Shear, V) Moment, my ≔ 3.81 kN ⋅ m ⋅ 0.5 (-)
Force, fz ≔ 4.45 kN ⋅ 0.5 (Normal) Moment, mz ≔ 0 kN ⋅ m (-)

I2) WELD DETAILS - I3) CONNECTING PART -

Weld line thickness, ts ≔ 6 mm Thickness of plate, tp ≔ 10 mm
Depth of weld line, ds ≔ 200 mm
Clear spacing b/w the weld line, ss ≔ tp = 10 mm

I4) MATERIAL CONSTANTS - (Note : Yield strength of weld > Yield strength of plate )
Characteristic value of ultimate strength, fu ≔ 430 MPa (S 275, Weakest part)
Partial safety factor, γM2 ≔ 1.25 (BS EN 1993 1 8, Table 2.1)

* SOLUTION -
S1) DESIGN LOADING AND MOMENT -
Type Fx Fy Fz Mx My Mz

“Load & Moment” fx fy fz mx + ⎛⎝fy ⋅ ez⎞⎠ my + ⎛⎝fx ⋅ ez⎞⎠ mz

S2) WELD SECTION PROPERTIES -

Effective throat thickness, tw = 4.24 mm (Not less than 3mm)
Effective length, dw = 188 mm
Area of cross section, A = 1594.99 mm 2
Section modulus (Zxx), Zxx = 49976.42 mm 3
Section modulus (Zyy), Zyy = 9010.13 mm 3

S3) NORMAL STRESS -

Design normal stress in weld, σn ≔ Fz ÷ A = 1.39 MPa

S4) BENDING STRESS -

Design bending stress(X-X), σbxx ≔ Mx ÷ Zxx = 0.79 MPa
Design bending stress(Y-Y), σbyy ≔ My ÷ Zyy = 292.5 MPa

S5) SHEAR STRESS -

Design shear stress (X-X), τx ≔ 1.5 ⋅ ⎛⎝Fx ÷ A⎞⎠ = 9.81 MPa
Design shear stress (Y-Y), τy ≔ 1.5 ⋅ ⎛⎝Fy ÷ A⎞⎠ = 0.53 MPa
Design torsional stress (Z-Z), τxy ≔ Mz ÷ ⎛⎝Zxx + Zyy⎞⎠ = 0 MPa

S6) COMBINED NORMAL STRESS - (BS EN 3-1-8 4.5.3.2 (6))

Actual design normal stress, σac ≔ σn + σbxx + σbyy = 294.68 MPa
Allowable design normal stress, σal ≔ ⎛⎝0.9 ⋅ fu⎞⎠ ÷ γM2 = 309.6 MPa
UR_ns ≔ σac ÷ σal = 0.95 UR_ns = 0.95 "SAFE"

S7) COMBINED NORMAL + SHEAR STRESS - 0.5

⎛ 2 ⎛ 2 ⎞⎞
Actual design combined stress, σc.ac ≔ ⎝⎛⎝σn + σbxx + σbyy⎞⎠ + ⎝3 ⋅ ⎛⎝τx + τy + τxy⎞⎠ ⎠⎠ = 295.23 MPa
Allowable design combined stress, σc.al ≔ fu ÷ ⎛⎝γM2 ⋅ 0.85⎞⎠ = 404.71 MPa
UR_nss ≔ σc.ac ÷ σc.al = 0.73 UR_nss = 0.73 "SAFE"