Fillet Weld Termination
Fillet Weld Termination
(OP)
I have been dealing with the issue of how a fillet weld should be terminated for some time. As a fabricator years and years ago I was tought that a fillet weld should be stopped a weld size back from the end of the parts being joined. In the 2005 AISC spec there is a user note that say this is correct. I can't find anything in any AWS bood that tells me this. I am now working on a railroad bridge where the shop welded some stiffeners to the end of the part. I can't find in the D1.5 where this is wrong. Any advice.





RE: Fillet Weld Termination
In regards to the latter, fillets on opposite sides of a common plane of contact shall be interrupted at a corner common to both welds.
RE: Fillet Weld Termination
RE: Fillet Weld Termination
There is some commentary about this in D1.5-2008; check out the first full paragraph on page 361.
Hg
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RE: Fillet Weld Termination
Other editions of D1.1 list a similar requirement.
Best regards - Al