We manufacture steel connections for the heavy timber industry (glulam). Our typical weld detail is a fillet weld as shown in the attached drawing. I recently had an Engineer say that this was not an approved weld for the given loading (top mount hanger). does this joint not fit under...
I work for a steel supplier that supplies connections for a heavy timber (glulam) manufacturer. Our typical weld for joining plates is a open corner fillet weld (both sides).
An example is this top mount hanger (see drawing). I've had an Engineer tell me that this is not a code approved weld...
