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Figure 16 L4 1A OUULLULUDS | The structural element such as we consider here is found as a girder, a ship hull or a spar structure. Suppose an original design plan was to place a horizontal mem- ber to a longitudinal one as shown in Fig. 16.5. If we connect these two members this way, it is expected that we come up with such problems of deteriorated weld quality and stress concentration. As the weldlines meet at one point marked in the figure as dangerous point, the thermal history there becomes very complicated and thus it would possibly deteriorate the weld quality there and what makes the matter worse this point also serves as start and stop points for weld arcs. These are the problems on the strength side but on the loading side there is a problem of stress concentration.
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