{"id":4901,"date":"2025-05-26T12:09:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T06:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/?p=4901"},"modified":"2025-07-26T07:58:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T02:28:50","slug":"welded-joint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/me\/machine-design\/welded-joint","title":{"rendered":"Welded Joints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Welding is a process of joining metallic parts by heating to a suitable temperature with or without application<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Advantages of Welded Joints:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">It does not require an additional cover plate, gaskets, straps, or clip angle; thus, the welding assembly results in lightweight construction.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Design of welded assemblies can be easily and economically modified.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/me\/machine-design\/types-of-welded-joint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Welded joints<\/a> are tight and leak-proof as compared to riveted joints and also their production time is less.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Strength of weld metal is high, even higher than parent metal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_79_1 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/me\/machine-design\/welded-joint\/#Disadvantages-of-Welded-Joints\" >Disadvantages of Welded Joints:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/me\/machine-design\/welded-joint\/#Methods-of-Stress-Relieving\" >Methods of Stress Relieving:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Disadvantages-of-Welded-Joints\"><\/span>Disadvantages of Welded Joints:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vibration damping capacity of welded structure is very poor.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">It result in thermal-distortion of the parts, thus inducing residual stress.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Quality and strength of the weld depends upon the skill of the welder.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Methods-of-Stress-Relieving\"><\/span>Methods of Stress Relieving:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Preheating of the weld area to retard cooling of the metal in the vicinity of the joint.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stress relieving of the weld area by using proper heat treatment, such as normalizing and annealing, in a temperature range of 550\u00b0C to 675\u00b0C.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shot peening by hammering the weld along the length when the joint is hot. It also increases the fatigue <a href=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/me\/machine-design\/strength-of-welded-joints\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strength of the joint<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"btn btn-danger\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/me\/machine-design\/bolted-joint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a> | <a class=\"btn btn-success\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/me\/machine-design\/types-of-welded-joint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Next &gt;&gt;<\/a><br \/>\n<strong> Must Read: <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/me\/machine-design\/strength-of-welded-joints\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>What is Machine Design?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welding is a process of joining metallic parts by heating to a suitable temperature with or without application Advantages of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1543,10],"tags":[1550,1551,1549],"class_list":["post-4901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-machine-design","category-me","tag-advantages-of-welded-joints","tag-disadvantages-of-welded-joints","tag-methods-of-stress-relieving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4901\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}