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This material is copyright - all rights reserved. Reproduced under licence from The <strong>Steel</strong> Construction Institute on 12/2/2007<br />

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<strong>Steel</strong> <strong>Designers</strong>' <strong>Manual</strong> - 6th Edition (2003)<br />

toughness<br />

load<br />

/<br />

displacement<br />

Fabrication effects and service performance 243<br />

(a)<br />

temperature<br />

load<br />

(a) low toughness (b) high toughness<br />

(b)<br />

displacement<br />

Fig. 6.10 Effects of toughness and residual stresses on strength in tension<br />

Just as the basic steel manufacturing process can lead to the presence of imperfections,<br />

welding also can lead to imperfections which may be significant. The types<br />

of imperfection can be grouped into three main areas: planar discontinuities, nonplanar<br />

(volumetric) discontinuities, and profile imperfections. By far the most<br />

serious of these are planar discontinuities, as these are sharp and can be of a<br />

significant size. There are four main types of weld cracking which can occur in<br />

steels as planar discontinuities. These are solidification (hot) cracking, hydrogeninduced<br />

(cold) cracking, lamellar tearing, and reheat cracking. Examples of these are<br />

shown in Fig. 6.11. Hot cracking occurs during the solidification of a weld due to the

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