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Butt welds are permitted according to four codes for welding. The BS5950 code states that the design strength of a butt weld can be taken as equal to the parent metal if a matching electrode is used. A matching electrode must have equivalent or better tensile strength, yield strength, elongation at failure, and Charpy impact values compared to the parent metal. An E7018 electrode was compared to parent metals S275 and S355 and was found to have better properties than the parent metals.

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Butt Weld PDF

Butt welds are permitted according to four codes for welding. The BS5950 code states that the design strength of a butt weld can be taken as equal to the parent metal if a matching electrode is used. A matching electrode must have equivalent or better tensile strength, yield strength, elongation at failure, and Charpy impact values compared to the parent metal. An E7018 electrode was compared to parent metals S275 and S355 and was found to have better properties than the parent metals.

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Butt Welds are permitted and specification provided in the following codes :

1. BS EN ISO 15607
2. BS EN ISO 15609-1
3. BS EN ISO 15614-1
4. BS5950-2000
Below is the explanation and the extract from BS5950 :
Explanation
The design of butt welds is covered in Clause 6.9 of BS 5950: Part 1. This clause states
that the design strength should be taken as equal to that of the parent metal
provided matching electrodes are used. A matching electrode should have specified
tensile strength, yield strength, elongation at failure and Charpy impact value each
equivalent to, or better, than those specified for the parent metal.

Quotation
“Clause 6.9 Design of Butt welds
All full penetration butt welds and partial penetration butt welds should be made using
matching electrodes or other welding consumables. A matching electrode should
have a specified minimum tensile strength, yield strength, elongation at failure and
Charpy impact value each equivalent to or better than those specified for parent
metal. Provided that a matching electrode is used, the design strength of a butt weld
should be taken as equal to that of the parent metal.”
Below is a comparison of the parent metal properties and the electrode E7018 (as per
MTC)
Parent Parent
E7018 – E7018 –
Property Metal Metal Remarks
3.2mm dia 4mm Dia
(S275) (S355)
BETTER THAN
Minimum Tensile
410 N/mm2 490 N/mm2 540 N/mm2 582 N/mm2 PARENT
Strength
METAL
BETTER THAN
Minimum Yield
275 N/mm2 355 N/mm2 445 N/mm2 512 N/mm2 PARENT
Strength METAL
BETTER THAN
Elongation at
22% 22% 30% 27.6% PARENT
failure
METAL
BETTER THAN
Charpy Impact
27J @ -20° 27J @ -20° 70 J @ -40° 162 J @ -40° PARENT
Value METAL
Result:
Based on the above we should take that the design strength of the butt weld equal to
that of the parent metal.

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