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Thin‐walled structural hollow section joints
Author(s) -
Puthli R.,
Lipp Andreas,
Ummenhofer Thomas,
Wardenier J.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
steel construction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.443
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1867-0539
pISSN - 1867-0520
DOI - 10.1002/stco.201300008
Subject(s) - welding , scope (computer science) , section (typography) , structural engineering , work (physics) , limit (mathematics) , materials science , engineering , mechanical engineering , computer science , mathematics , mathematical analysis , programming language , operating system
Several national design standards allow the use of hollow sections with minimum nominal wall thicknesses down to 1.5 mm. However, the international standards that will be used in the future, based on the work of the International Institute of Welding (IIW‐XV‐E), still prescribe a minimum thickness of 2.5 mm. This paper presents the background to the IIW‐XV‐E higher thickness limit and presents strong arguments for extending the scope of these international standards to include structural hollow sections with wall thicknesses down to 1.5 mm.