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Welded joint design (Third edition)J Hicks
Based on the European Welding Engineer (EWF) syllabus Part 3 – Construction and Design, this book provides a clear, highly illustrated and concise explanation of how welded joints and structures are designed and of the constraints which welding may impose on the design. It is therefore of value both to the welding engineer and the design engineer
Many engineers coming into the profession of welding engineering lack a background in design and construction of welded structures and plant. This book has been written with such engineers very much in mind.
The safe performance of a structure relies on materials and methods of fabrication which can respond to the explicit or implicit design requirements. It is essential that the welding engineer has the opportunity of making his specialist input to the design process, and an understanding of the basis of the design will help that contribution to be most effective. It is also important that the practising design engineer acquires a basic knowledge of the relevant aspects of welding to be able to execute satisfactory designs and, equally important, to know when to seek the input of a qualified welding engineer.
Designed for both students and practising engineers in welding and design, the book will also be of great value to civil, structural, mechanical and plant engineers. There is also much that will interest test houses, welding equipment and consumable manufacturers, classification societies and steel companies.
ISBN 1 85573 386 2
ISBN-13: 978 1 85573 386 2
September 1999
160 pages 234 x 156mm paperback
£60.00 / US$100.00 / €70.00
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About the author
John Hicks has been a specialist in welding design for 35 years. A graduate of Cambridge University, he is a Certified Welding Engineer, a Fellow of The Welding Institute, and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He acts as Moderator of TWI examinations for European Welding Engineer/Technologist/Specialist, and from 1990 – 1996 served as Secretary General of the International Institute of Welding.
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Contents
Fundamentals of the strength of materials
- Normal stress
- Shear stress
- Shear strain
- Three dimensional stress
- Stress concentrations
- Material failure
- Summary
- Problems
Stresses in some common types of structures
- Frames
- Pressurised shells
- Tubular structures
- Effects of deviation from design shape
- Summary
- Problems
Elementary theories of bending and torsion
- Bending
- Calculating I for other sections
- Shear stesses in beams
- Torsion
- Vibration
- Summary
Basis of design of welded structures
- Allowable stress design
- Limit state design
- Plastic design
- Summary
Weld design
Joint types
- Joint types
- Weld types
- Weld preparations
- Partial penetration butt welds
- The edge weld
- Spot, plug and slot welds
- Fabrication tolerances
- Residual stresses
- Access for welding
- Welding information on drawings
- Summary
Calculating weld size
- Butt welds
- Fillet welds
- Calculating the strength of welded joints
- Methods of measuring stress
- Summary
- Problems
Fatigue cracking
- Load histories
- Weld features
- Fatigue crack growth
- The practical design approach
- Complex load histories
- Improving on the performance of the as-welded joint
- Using design data
- Summary
- Problems
Brittle fracture
- Conventional approaches to design against brittle fracture
- Fracture toughness testing and specification
- Fracture mechanics and other tests
- Summary
Assessment of structural integrity
- Defect assessment
- Fracture assessment
- Fatigue assessment
Answers to problems
Bibliography