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designing and detailing. It should be bornein mind, however, that regardless of the simplicityof arc welded design the stress at every connectionmust be accurately calculated and the requiredamount of weld metal specified. The chief economy of arc welded design is dueto the fact that it calls for… … Trusses properly designed for arc welding requirepractically no gusset plates. Because the electricarc fuses one member directly into another, anentire structure so fabricated actually is and actsas a single member. For this reason arc weldeddesign usually permits the use of lighter membersthan a…
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