EXPERIMENTS OF OBLIQUE CROSSING JOINT BY FILLET WELD : A study on beam-to-column connections by fillet weld (Part 2)

In this paper, tensile tests were carried out to investigate strength of oblique crossing joint by fillet weld. The results of macro tests explain that inadequate penetration of fillet weld occurred at the acute side of welds because of the small oblique angle. The results of tensile tests explain as follows ; 1) The failure of joint often occurred at the obtuse side of welds. 2) Failure angle of welds disagrees with the angles of those minimum throat thicknesses. 3) The strength of fillet weld decreases with smaller oblique angle.