AS NZS 1554.1-2000 structural steel welding part 1

AS/NZS1554.1:2000Australian/NewZealandStandard™StructuralsteelweldingPart1:WeldingofsteelstructuresAS/NZS1554.1LicensedtoMrWillieRaith-VoestAon12Nov2002.Singleuserlicenceonly.Storage,distributionoruseonnetworkprohibited.AS/NZS1554.1:2000ThisJointAustralian/NewZealandStandardwaspreparedbyJointTechnicalCommitteeWD/3,WeldingofStructures.ItwasapprovedonbehalfoftheCouncilofStandardsAustraliaon9June2000andonbehalfoftheCouncilofStandardsNewZealandon3July2000.Itwaspublishedon2September2000.ThefollowinginterestsarerepresentedonCommitteeWD/3:AssociationofConsultingEngineersAustraliaAustralianChamberofCommerceandIndustryAustralianIndustryGroupAustralianInstitutionofSteelConstructionAUSTROADSBureauofSteelManufacturersofAustraliaElectricitySupplyAssociationofAustraliaInstituteofEngineersAustraliaNewZealandHeavyEngineeringResearchAssociationNewZealandNon-destructiveTestingAssociationSteelReinforcementInstituteofAustraliaUniversityofSydneyWeldingTechnologyInstituteofAustraliaKeepingStandardsup-to-dateStandardsarelivingdocumentswhichreflectprogressinscience,technologyandsystems.Tomaintaintheircurrency,allStandardsareperiodicallyreviewed,andneweditionsarepublished.Betweeneditions,amendmentsmaybeissued.Standardsmayalsobewithdrawn.ItisimportantthatreadersassurethemselvestheyareusingacurrentStandard,whichshouldincludeanyamendmentswhichmayhavebeenpublishedsincetheStandardwaspurchased.DetailedinformationaboutjointAustralian/NewZealandStandardscanbefoundbyvisitingtheStandardsAustraliawebsiteat:2000Australian/NewZealandStandard™StructuralsteelweldingPart1:WeldingofsteelstructuresOriginatedinAustraliaasASCA8—1933.OriginatedinNewZealand,inpart,asNZS4701:1981andNZS4704:1994.PreviouseditionAS/NZS1554.1:1995.Sixthedition2000.COPYRIGHT©StandardsAustralia/StandardsNewZealandAllrightsarereserved.Nopartofthisworkmaybereproducedorcopiedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopying,withoutthewrittenpermissionofthepublisher.JointlypublishedbyStandardsAustraliaInternationalLtd,GPOBox5420,Sydney,NSW2001andStandardsNewZealand,PrivateBag2439,Wellington6020ISBN0733734839LicensedtoMrWillieRaith-VoestAon12Nov2002.Singleuserlicenceonly.Storage,distributionoruseonnetworkprohibited.AS/NZS1554.1:20002PREFACEThisStandardwaspreparedbytheJointStandardsAustralia/StandardsNewZealandCommitteeWD/3,WeldingofStructures,tosupersedeAS/NZS1554.1—1995,NZS4701:1981,Metal-arcweldingofsteelstructures,andNZS4704:1994,Structuralsteelwelding—Weldingofsteelstructures.TheobjectiveofthisStandardistoproviderulesfortheweldingofawiderangeofsteelconstructionsandwhileitisexpectedthatitsmainusewillbeforstaticallyloadedwelds,itappliesalsotosomeweldssubjecttofatigue.AlthoughthisStandardhasbeenspecificallypreparedforsteelstructures,itmaybeusefullyappliedtomachineframesandothertypesofsteelconstructions.Thiseditionincorporatesthefollowingmajorchangestothe1995edition,someofwhichwereincludedinAmendment1tothe1995edition:(a)Additionstothefollowingclauses:1.6(theNote),1.7(c),2.1(theNote),4.1.2,4.4,4.5.5,4.5.5.5(c),4.6.1.1(h),5.2.2(lastparagraph).(b)Additionstothefollowingtables:6.2.2(Note3),7.1(Notes1,2and4)(c)Amendmentstothefollowingclauses:4.2(c),4.3(d),4.5.4,4.7.4,4.12,5.7.2,5.11,6.3.3,6.4.1,6.4.3,6.7,B5,C.(d)Amendmentstothefollowingfigures:B1,B2.(e)Amendmentstothefollowingtables:4.6.1(A),4.6.1(B),4.6.1(C),4.6.2,4.7.1,4.11(A),4.11(C),5.3.4(A),B1.InTablesE1toE4,theNoteongasmetal-arcnowstatesthatglobulartransfermodemaybeusedwithCO2.InTableE1—(i)forjointidentificationB–C2d,thepreparationdetailpositionforgasmetal-arc,spraytransferinColumn7is‘F’(insteadof‘All’);and(ii)forjointidentificationsB–C5,T–C5andC-C5,thepreparationdetailangleθforflux-coredarc,self-shieldedandgas-shieldedinColumn6includesanadditionalangle60forV.(f)DeletionofClause3.1.2ofthe1995editionondesignrequirements.TheStandardrequiresthatweldpreparations,weldingconsumablesandweldingproceduresbequalifiedbeforecommencementofwelding.Prequalifiedjointpreparations,weldingconsumablesandweldingproceduresarealsogivenintheStandard.TheStandard,incateringforstructuressubjecttofatigueconditionsaswellasstaticallyloadedstructures,p