The Line Welded Joint Configuration dialog box manages the basic specifications for the stress-strain analysis of line welded joints. The concept of the Configurations dialog box is described in Chapter Stress-Strain Analysis . It also explains how you can assign the objects.
Stress
In the Stresses tab, you can select the weld stresses to be calculated.
The 'Factor' column is of no importance for line welded joints.
If you want to use the user-defined stress as a reference instead of the limit stress saved in the material properties, select the limit stress type 'User' from the list. Thus, the field in the 'Limit Stress' column becomes accessible.
Stress Ranges
In the Stress Ranges tab, you can select the stress types for which the ranges are to be calculated and whether limit stresses are relevant in this case.
The limit stress type 'Without' is preset. If you want to specify a limit stress, select the stress type 'User' in the list, then enter the corresponding value.
Special Options
In the Special Options tab, you can make settings for the smoothing of result diagrams for line weld seams.
With the smoothing options 'Linear' and 'Constant', it is possible to distribute local stress peaks over the weld length. In the case of linear smoothing, the stress distribution between both end values is displayed in a linearized way, in the case of constant smoothing, the results are the same throughout.
The 'Stress distribution for fillet welds' can be determined according to EN 1993-1-8 [1] using the simplified method specified in Clause 4.5.3.3 or the directional method specified in Section 4.5.3.2 animated. Depending on the calculation method, different stress types are displayed.
If you want to consider the 'Weld eccentricity' in the stress analysis, select the corresponding check box. This way, additional moments are considered that can occur, for example, in the case of one-sided fillet weld structures.