RELIABILITY IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION THROUGH NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING

A BRIEF HISTORY IS PRESENTED OF STRUCTURAL WELDING SINCE THE TIME OF WORLD WAR II. TODAY, THE NEED SEEMS TO BE THE USE OF PRACTICES WHICH WOULD ESTABLISH THE RELIABILITY OF WELDED JOINTS. WELDING PROCEDURES ARE DESCRIBED AND DISCUSSED. WELD QUALITY REQUIREMENTS IN THE AWS BUILDING CODE, WHICH FORMS THE BASIS FOR PRACTICALLY ALL THE WELDING REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDINGS IN THE UNITED STATES, ARE EMPIRICAL. MEANS FOR ASSURING CONSISTENT QUALITY IN THE FIELD OF WELDING CONSTRUCTION ARE DISCUSSED. DISCUSSION AMPLIFIES THAT NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING, WHETHER FOR QUALITY CONTROL OR FOR ACCEPTANCE INSPECTION, SHOULD BE PERFORMED BY COMPETENT PERSONNEL USING STANDARD WELD QUALITY REQUIREMENTS. VISUAL INSPECTION SHOULD BE USED REGARDLESS OF ANY OTHER METHOD OF INSPECTION. RADIOGRAPHIC AND ULTRASONIC INSPECTION METHODS ARE DISCUSSED. THE EXAMINATIONS OF BUTT WELDS IN SPLICES HAS BEEN WELL ESTABLISHED, HOWEVER, WHEN OTHER WELDS HAVE TO BE INSPECTED, MUCH DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ARISES AS TO THE APPROPRIATE TECHNIQUES TO USE AND INTERPRETATION OF THE INDICATIONS.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 6, No 2, PP 60-63
• Authors:
  • Greenberg, S A
• Publication Date: 1969-4

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Engineering J, Am Inst Steel Constr

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Butt welds; Inspection; Joints; Nondestructive tests; Personnel; Quality control; Radiography; Reliability; Structural steel; Ultrasonics; Visual perception; Welding; Weldments; Welds
• Uncontrolled Terms: Quality; Welded joints
• Old TRIS Terms: Welders
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00215197
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 15 1994 12:00AM