WORKED EXAMPLES 3.

1
Welded Connection of Tie

Check the resistance of the connection of the flat section, shown in Fig. 1WE3-1, loaded in tension by
the factored force FSd = 330 kN. The steel is Grade S460N. The material partial safety factors are
M 0 = 1,0 and Mw = 1,25 .
10
6

3
80 330 kN
3
3

170

Figure 1WE3-1
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The structural welds should be (i) longer than 40 mm, and (ii) longer than 6 aw = 6 3 = 18 mm. Both
of these are satisfied. The full length of the weld can be taken into account in the strength calculation,
because 150 aw = 50 3 = 450 mm > 170 mm .

Longitudinal welds
In the longitudinal welds is = = 0 . Based on the fillet welds
resistance
aw _I II
_I
2 + 3( 2 + //2 )
fu f
and u
w Mw Mw
1,4 a w
is the shear strain Figure 2WE3-1
II
fu
II .Rd = .
3 w Mw
FSd
II awII
The design resistance is LwII
550 Figure 3WE3-1
FII .w.Rd = II .Rd awII 2 LwII = 3 2 170 = 259 ,1 10 3 N .
3 1,0 1,25

Front weld
The equation for the resistance may be at the front weld
w
( II .Rd = 0 and = = ) rewritten:
2 Lw w
FSd

2 2 aw
w fu
+ 3 w .
2 2 w Mw Figure 4WE3-1

The front weld design strain is

fu
w.Rd = .
w Mw 2

1
The design resistance of the front weld is
550
F.w .Rd = w.Rd aw Lw = 3 80 = 74 ,7 10 3 N
1,0 1,25 2

Connection resistance
The connection resistance is

Fw.Rd = FII .w.Rd + F.w.Rd = 259 ,1 + 74 ,7 = 333,8 kN > FSd = 330 kN .

The connection resistance is satisfactory.

P 6 - 300 x 800

80 x 10 - 1 500
3
3
3

170 Steel S460N J2

Scale: 1 : 10

Figure 5WE3-1 Design drawing of the connection

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Note:
1) The weld resistance may conservatively be checked independent of the loading direction as
follows:

f u aw Lw 550 3 ( 2 170 + 80 )
Fw.Rd = = = 320 ,0 10 3 N < FSd = 330 kN .
w Mw 3 1,0 1,25 3

The welds are not satisfactory uder this model.

2) The tension resistance of a member is

A fy 80 10 460
N u .Rd = = = 368 ,0 10 3 N > 330 kN .
M0 1,0
The tension resistance is satisfactory.