This pole suffered a failure in the welded seam at an overlapping slip splice. A tubular steel transmission pole generally consists of a series of welded assemblies. The pole shafts and arms are ...

Lincoln Electric has opened registration to its welding courses, with a plan to focus on code standards. As part of Lincoln Electric's Blodgett Design Seminars, its Design of Welded Connections: Steel ...

Sparks are flying over a proposed addition to the 2010 edition of the steel sector’s code of standard practice. The addition would recognize the practice, in use for years, of the structural engineer ...

A closeup of the mesh and weld area shows a natural mismatch in element size and location that makes traditional weld-modeling methods difficult. A newly invented FEA weld element in MSC.Nastran lets ...