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Weld Cracking - Lincoln Electric
weld CrackingAn Excerpt from The Fabricators' and Erectors'Guide to Welded Steel ConstructionThe James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation1 weld CrackingSeveral types of discontinuities may occur in welds orheat affected zones. Welds may contain porosity, slaginclusions or cracks. Of the three, cracks are by far themost detrimental. Whereas there are acceptable limitsfor slag inclusions and porosity in welds, cracks arenever acceptable. Cracks in a weld , or in the vicinity ofa weld , indicate that one or more problems exist thatmust be addressed. A careful analysis of crack charac-teristics will make it possible to determine the cause andtake appropriate corrective the purposes of this section, Cracking will be dis-tinguished from weld failure.
ly restrained members. Centerline Cracking Centerline cracking is characterized as a separation in the center of a given weld bead. If the weld bead happens to be in the center of the joint, as is always the case on a sin-gle pass weld, centerline cracks will be in the center of the joint. In the case of multiple pass welds, where sev-
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