Incomplete Weld are specified to avoid risk of failure.
As When carry out the welding of thicker material discussed about the risk of lamellar tearing and it is essential to use run in and run off plate to being aware of this, special care shall be taken at ensure that the weld thickness is maintained all the design stage when the joints fall under over the section as same. Below figures 18 & 19 primary load transfer path and susceptible for shows the welding without run in/off plate and lamellar tearing. Also material shall be clearly with run in/off plate. specified with improved through thickness properties. Not only the design but also the fabrication also shall be carried out with proper quality control procedure to avoid lamellar tearing.
It is Employer/ Main Contractor responsibility
to appoint a competitive steel fabricator to meet design requirements. Further, before finalizing the Contractor a representative of Employer should visit the factory to understand the factory ability in terms quality control procedure, Figure 18: Incomplete weld at the end of the section supervision level, resources and quality of the fabrication on other projects.
Further, steel fabricator shall ensure that
necessary quality control is adopted as per the project requirement during the whole fabrication work. When the structures are critical then it is required to have an employer representative base at steel fabrication factory to monitor and control the fabrication work.
References 1. BS EN 1090-2:2008+A1:2011, Execution of steel Figure 19: Run in/ Run off plate for complete weld structure & aluminium structures 2. BS EN 1990-2002+A1:2005, Basis of structural design The below photographs are example for good 3. National Structural Steelwork Specification for welding quality which have been done by Building Construction qualified welding operator with proper quality 4. BS EN 5817:2007 Welding Fusion-welded joints in control procedure. steel, nickel, titanium and their alloys (beam welding excluded) — Quality levels for imperfections 5. AWS D1.1 Structural Welding Code - Steel 6. J C M Farrar, R E Dolby, Lamellar tearing in welded steel fabrication 7. BS EN 1011-2:2007 Welding — Recommendations for welding of metallic materials —Part 2: Arc welding of ferritic steels Figure 20: Good welding quality 8. BS EN 10025-1:2004 Hot rolled products of structural steels — Part 1: General technical delivery conditions 5. Conclusions 9. BS EN 1993-1-10:2005 Design of steel structures — Part 1-10: Material toughness and through- Quality assurance of steel fabrication is thickness properties significant with respect to complexity of the 10. BS EN 10164:2004 Steel products with improved structure. There it is very important to deformation properties perpendicular to the implement proper quality assurance procedure surface of the product — Technical delivery from the design stage to completion of erection. conditions Designer shall ensure that welding joints are properly designed, detailed and material types
