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    Effective area for fillet weld for tubular structures

    Ron, Appreciate it! I know how to calculate weld area. I dont know if you are aware, according to API, shear area for tubular cross section is half of the cross section area, so my question is if we have to consider this for weld and consider only half of the calculated area like below: Shear...
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    Effective area for fillet weld for tubular structures

    Hi, Effective area of the fillet weld, according to AWS standard, is effective length x throat size and so for tubes, effective length should be pi x diameter. Can anyone confirm if I have to take only half of this area for shear stress calculation according to API RP 2A standard. Thanks
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