Bibliography

AS 1250 - SAA Steel Structures Code, SAA (Standards Association of Australia)

AS 1554 - SAA Structural Welding Code, Part 1, SAA

MA 1-4 - Steel Structures - Part 4 : Connections, SAA

Connor LP ed,Welding Handbook, 5 vols, American Welding Society 1987

Lay MG, Source Book for the Australian Steel Structures Code, AISC

Niemi E ed,Stress Determination for Fatigue Analysis of Welded Components, Abington 1995

Zhao X-L & Packer JA, Fatigue Design Procedure for Welded Hollow Section Joints, Woodhead 2000
 

The following is   essential background to practical welded joint design :-

Economic Design of Weldments, Technical Note No.8, AWRA (now the WTIA)

Blodgett OW, "Weld Failures : They Could be the Result of Violating Simple Design Principles", Welding Journal, March & April 1982