Design Resistance of Stainless-Steel Fillet Welds

Abstract

Welded joint strength depends on the correlation factor , which should be taken 1.0 for all stainless-steel families (according to Eurocode 3 (EN 1993(EN -1-4, 2006). The aim of this study is to investigate the strength and failure mode of the welded stainless-steel joints to determine the value of the correlation factor for austenitic grade EN 1.4301 based on experiments. The experiments investigation consists of tensile tests of two plates (15 mm thick) connected by four longitudinal fillet welds. The load was applied parallel to the weld causing only shear stress in the fillet weld. Every specimen was tested to investigate the strength, strain and failure mode.

Experimental study of welded austenitic stainless steel I‐section beam‐columns

“…Recent research in the field has led to a better understanding of the structural response of stainless steel material [3], [4], cross-section behaviour [5] [6], column buckling response [7]. Few researchers have focused on the different fabrication process, such as coldformed profiles [8], conventionally welded [9] [10] or laser welded [11] profiles. In real structures, most of the members are subjected to combined compression and bending.…”