AS1101.3—2005AustralianStandard™GraphicalsymbolsforgeneralengineeringPart3:Weldingandnon-destructiveexaminationAS1101.3—2005AccessedbyUNIVERSITYOFSOUTHAUSTRALIAon02Dec2006ThisAustralianStandardwaspreparedbyCommitteeWD-001,WeldingDefinitionsandSymbols.ItwasapprovedonbehalfoftheCouncilofStandardsAustraliaon25November2004.ThisStandardwaspublishedon31March2005.ThefollowingarerepresentedonCommitteeWD-001:AustralianIndustryGroupBureauofSteelManufacturersofAustraliaNewZealandHeavyEngineeringResearchAssociationWeldingTechnologyInstituteofAustraliaKeepingStandardsup-to-dateStandardsarelivingdocumentswhichreflectprogressinscience,technologyandsystems.Tomaintaintheircurrency,allStandardsareperiodicallyreviewed,andneweditionsarepublished.Betweeneditions,amendmentsmaybeissued.Standardsmayalsobewithdrawn.ItisimportantthatreadersassurethemselvestheyareusingacurrentStandard,whichshouldincludeanyamendmentswhichmayhavebeenpublishedsincetheStandardwaspurchased.DetailedinformationaboutStandardscanbefoundbyvisitingtheStandardsWebShopat@standards.org.au,orwritetotheChiefExecutive,StandardsAustralia,GPOBox5420,Sydney,NSW2001.ThisStandardwasissuedindraftformforcommentasDR04480.AccessedbyUNIVERSITYOFSOUTHAUSTRALIAon02Dec2006AS1101.3—2005AustralianStandard™GraphicalsymbolsforgeneralengineeringPart3:Weldingandnon-destructiveexaminationOriginatedasASZ6—1955.PreviouseditionAS1101.3—1987.Thirdedition2005.COPYRIGHT©StandardsAustraliaAllrightsarereserved.Nopartofthisworkmaybereproducedorcopiedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopying,withoutthewrittenpermissionofthepublisher.PublishedbyStandardsAustraliaGPOBox5420,Sydney,NSW2001,AustraliaISBN0733765556AccessedbyUNIVERSITYOFSOUTHAUSTRALIAon02Dec2006AS1101.3—200522PREFACEThisStandardwaspreparedbytheJointStandardsAustralia/StandardsNewZealandCommitteeWD-001,WeldingDefinitionsandSymbols,tosupersedeAS1101.3—1987.The1987editionoftheStandardwasgenerallybasedonANSI/AWSA2.4-79,SymbolsforWeldingandNon-destructiveTesting,andthepermissionoftheAmericanWeldingSocietyInc.tousetheirStandardwasacknowledged.ThiseditioncontinuestofollowtheANSI/AWSA2.4,andtakescognizanceofits1998edition.Themainchangesinthiseditioninclude—(a)theuseofanewsymbolforedgeweldtoreplacethesymbolsforflangeedgeandcornerwelds(seeSection6);and(b)theintroductionofasymbolforstudweld(seeSection11).Inaddition,theformatoftheStandardhasbeenchangedandeditorialchangeshavebeenincludedinlinewithcurrentStandardsAustraliapolicy.TheStandardprovidesaschemewherebycompletedetailsofweldsandweldedjointscanbedelineatedondrawings.Aseparatesectioncoverssymbolsforuseondrawingstospecifyrequirementsfornon-destructiveexaminationfordeterminingthesoundnessofmaterials.Themethodforsymbolicrepresentationofweldsonengineeringdrawingsusedinthisstandardisconsistentwiththe‘thirdangle’methodofprojection,whichisthepreferredmethodgiveninAS1100,Technicaldrawing,Part101:Generalprinciples.Itshouldbenoted,however,thattheschemeisequallyappropriatetodrawingsinwhichthe‘firstangle’methodofprojectionisused.ThecommitteenotedthepracticecurrentlyadoptedinISO2553,Welded,brazedandsolderedjoints;symbolicrepresentationondrawings,inregardtothepositionofthesymbolsondrawings,viz.,thedualreferenceline,andfeltthatthissituationshouldnotbecarriedoverintothisStandard.Therefore,thepracticeofusingonecontinuousreferencelineremainsunalteredinthisedition.Illustrationsusedwiththetextareintendedonlytoshowhowsymbolsmaybeusedtoconveyweldingortestinginformationanddonotnecessarilyrepresentgoodoraccepteddesignpractice.Theterms‘normative’and‘informative’havebeenusedinthisStandardtodefinetheapplicationoftheappendixtowhichtheyapply.A‘normative’appendixisanintegralpartofaStandard,whereasan‘informative’appendixisonlyforinformationandguidance.AccessedbyUNIVERSITYOFSOUTHAUSTRALIAon02Dec20063AS1101.3—20053CONTENTSPageSECTION1SCOPEANDGENERAL1.1SCOPE........................................................................................................................51.2REFERENCEDDOCUMENTS..................................................................................51.3DEFINITIONS............................................................................................................51.4DESIGNANDDIMENSIONSOFSTANDARDSYMBOLS.....................................5SECTION2BASICPRINCIPLES2.1BASICSYMBOLS......................................................................................................62.2BASICTYPESOFJOINTSANDW