WELDED CONNECTIONS — A PRIMER FOR ENGINEERS

Here is one of the best books about the welding - an excellent guide to welding prepared by the AISC experts. The publication contains absolutely all required information about all welding processes, applicable regulations and codes, calculations as well a other important data making it a must-have one for all students and specialists of the steel construction industry.

Nowadays, welding is considered an essential tool which have totally replaced riveting and other methods of joining that used to be in place before. Today it is used everywhere for constructing the box sections and plate girders, connecting the different structural members and for many other application, including shipbuilding, providing the reliable and cost effective connections.

In fact, welding allows nearly endless combinations of plates and shapes to be connected with no need for any mechanical fastening or connection materials. Note that the connections established during the welding process are usually looking neat and satisfy the form follows function criteria. Welding allows joining steels of various thicknesses and strength levels. This all makes welding the most popular method of connecting steel.