Tests and Design of Butt Welds and Fillet Welds in Duragal RHS Members

摘要

The report describes welded connection tests which were performed on DuraGalC450L0 Rectangular Hollow Sections. The thickness of the RHS sections varied from 1.6 mm to 3.0 mm. Butt welds, transverse fillet welds and longitudinal fillet welds were tested. The test configuration was the same as that used by the authors in a previous research project on welds in C350L0 RHS members. The test results are compared with existing Australian and American design formulae. The test results are also compared with the proposed design rules for welds in RHS members derived from the previous research project on C350L0 RHS members. The reliability analysis method is used to calibrate the existing and proposed design rules.