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Advanced Welding Techniques Guide

A compound weld is a hybrid of a fillet and butt weld where a fillet weld is superimposed onto a butt weld. The design throat thickness of a compound weld depends on whether there is a complete penetration butt weld or incomplete penetration butt weld present. For a compound weld with a complete penetration butt weld, the design throat thickness is the size of the butt weld without reinforcement. For a compound weld with an incomplete penetration butt weld, the design throat thickness is the shortest distance from the root of the incomplete penetration butt weld to the face of the fillet weld.

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Advanced Welding Techniques Guide

A compound weld is a hybrid of a fillet and butt weld where a fillet weld is superimposed onto a butt weld. The design throat thickness of a compound weld depends on whether there is a complete penetration butt weld or incomplete penetration butt weld present. For a compound weld with a complete penetration butt weld, the design throat thickness is the size of the butt weld without reinforcement. For a compound weld with an incomplete penetration butt weld, the design throat thickness is the shortest distance from the root of the incomplete penetration butt weld to the face of the fillet weld.

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not only the physical weld size but also the type of weld consumable to be used, especially
when E48XX/W50X or higher-grade weld consumables have been assumed in the design.
Fillet welds produced by submerged arc welding will have a deep penetration into the
root area, which is beneficial because a larger throat thickness is obtained; thus, for the same
leg length, deep-penetration fillet welds will carry larger forces per unit length than manual
welds. In order to increase the economy of welding, this type of deep penetration weld
should be specified by the throat thickness rather than leg length, and the effective throat
thickness calculated as a sum of 71% of the leg length plus 85% of the depth of penetration
(Clause 9.7.3.4 of AS 4100). For this to occur, procedural tests are required to demonstrate
that the specified weld dimensions have been achieved in the welding workshop.

8.6.3 Compound welds


A compound weld is considered to be a hybrid of a fillet and butt weld—i.e. by
definition in AS 1101.3, the former weld type is superimposed onto the latter.
The design throat thickness (DTT) of a compound weld depends on whether there is
a complete penetration butt weld (CPBW) or an incomplete penetration butt weld
(IPBW) present. That is for a compound weld with:
• CPBW—the DTT is the size of the butt weld without reinforcement, and for;
• IPBW—the DTT is the shortest distance from the root of the IPBW to the face of the
fillet weld.
Figure 9.7.5.2 of AS 4100 explains the compound weld configuration and the evaluation
of the DTT.

8.7 Structural design of simple welds


8.7.1 Butt welds

8.7.1.1 General
Butt welds can be regarded as being integral to the parent metal, with the limiting stresses
applicable to the parent metal also applying to the welds. As noted in Section 8.6.1, butt
welds can be broadly split into two groups—complete penetration butt welds and
incomplete penetration butt welds. This is not only due to the depth of weld fusion
through the parent metal thickness but also in the methods used to assess their respective
design capacities.
8.7.1.2 Complete penetration butt welds (CPBW)
Clause 9.7.2.7(a) of AS 4100 notes that the design capacity of a CPBW is equal to the
nominal capacity of the weakest part being joined multiplied by a capacity reduction
factor, φ, which is commensurate with the weld quality. From Table 3.4 of AS 4100,
φ = 0.9 for CPBW with SP quality and φ = 0.6 for CPBW with GP quality. This
applies to CBPW subject to transverse and shear loads.
Based on the above, for two similar plates joined by a CPBW with SP quality (φ = 0.9)
welded to AS/NZS 1554.1 or AS/NZS 1554.5, the AS 4100 definition notes that the

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