SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Steel Structure

Third Homework

Professors Name : Meng Wang

Students Name : Heng Piseth
Students ID : 14129188

2014-2015
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(1) Try to design (to determine l , b, h f ) the fillet weld for cover plate splicing under

tension load. Steel plate: B 500, t 14, a 10 . Q235B steel is used. The design
tension force is N 1400kN .
Hint:
1. Pay attention to the welding symbol
2. Check requirements of structural details

Answer:
We propose the thickness of cover plate: tb 10mm . For this design, the section area
of two cover plates are equal to the area of steel plate.
Bt 500 14
2btb Bt b 350mm
2tb 2 10

The minimum size of weld: h f 1.5 tmax 1.5 14 5.61mm

The maximum size of weld: h f 1.2tmin 1.2 10 12mm

We take: h f 9mm

According to GB 50017-2003 code design, for steel type Q235, we use the fillet weld
strength f fw 160 MPa .

The end fillet weld strength: N1 2 0.7h f lw1 f fw f

Where, lw1 b 350mm , f 1.2 (for static load)

N1 2 0.7 9 350 160 1.2 103 846.72kN

The side fillet weld strength: N 2 4 0.7h f lw 2 f fw

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Where, lw 2 l h f l 9mm

To satisfy the welding, N1 N 2 N

N N1
lw 2 l 9
4 0.7h f f fw

1400 846.72
l 9 146.22mm
4 0.7 9 160 103
Thus, we choose: l 150mm
Verify:
The minimum of welding length lw,min max 40mm,8h f 72mm

The maximum of welding length lw,max 60h f 540mm

lw,min lw1 350mm lw,max OK!

lw,min lw 2 150 9 141mm lw,max OK!

In conclusion, we get the dimension of plates with thickness tb 10mm , width b 350mm ,

and length h 2l a 2 150 10 310mm and the thickness of the welding h f 9mm .

(2) Try to design (to determine connected length l , weld size h f ) the trilateral sided weld

for angle steel connection (double angle steels) under tension load. Q235B. The design
tension force is N 500kN (dynamic load).
Hint:
1. Refer to page 20
2. Pay attention to force distribution
3. Check requirements of structural details

Answer:
We consider the back of angle weld, tip of angle weld, and end of angle weld are the
same size: h f 1 h f 2 h f 3 h f

The minimum weld size: h f 1.5 tmax 1.5 14 5.61mm

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The maximum weld size: h f 1.2tmin 1.2 8 9.6mm

We use the welding size: h f 1 h f 2 h f 3 h f 6mm

We use double angle steel. Then we will get the approximate calculation:
k1 0.7, k2 0.3

The welding strength of end of angle steel: N 3 2 0.7h f 3lw3 f fw f

Where lw3 100mm, 1 (for dynamic load), f fw 160 MPa (Exercise 1)

N 3 2 0.7 6 100 160 1 103 134.4kN

The welding strength of back of angle steel: N1 2 0.7h f 1lw1 f fw 1.4h f l1 h f f fw

N3 134.4
For design: N1 k1 N 0.7 500 282.8kN
2 2
1.4h f l1 h f f fw 282.8kN

282.8kN 282.8
l1 hf 6 216.42mm
w
f f 1.4h f 160 1.4 6 103

Thus, we choose l1 220mm

The welding strength of tip of angle steel: N 2 2 0.7h f 2lw 2 f fw 1.4h f l2 h f f fw

N3 134.4
For design: N 2 k2 N 0.3 500 82.8kN
2 2
1.4h f l2 h f f fw 82.8kN

82.8kN 82.8
l2 hf 6 67.60mm
w
f f 1.4h f 160 1.4 6 103

Thus, we choose l2 70mm

The minimum of welding length lw,min max 40mm,8h f 48mm

The maximum of welding length lw,max 60h f 360mm

Verify:
lw,min lw1 220 6 214mm lw,max
lw,min lw 2 70 6 64mm lw,max OK!
lw,min lw3 100mm lw,max

In conclusion, we get the thickness of weld h f 6mm for all welding sections, length of

welding of angles back l1 220mm , and length of welding of angles tip l2 70mm .