Thanks for the responses, Metengr. I looked more into what a stress riser is, and found it compared to scoring glass and snapping it at the score, so I get that. As far as the heat affected zone is concerned, is it safe to say that it wouldn't be a great depth? If the flange is 1" thick, for...
I'm an RE on a bridge construction project. The contractor field welded some clips in the tension zone of a girder, which they now have to remove and grind down to the base metal. I know that this is an acceptable method, but I don't know why (my background is in soils). I'd like to...
