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~ AS 1554.1-1991

Australian Standard
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Structural steel welding

(known as the SAA Structural Steel
Welding Code)

Part 1: Welding of steel structures

STANDARDS AUSTRALIA
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 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee WD/3, Welding of Structures.
It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on 8 January 1991
and published on 15 Ap"ril 1991.

The following interests are represented on Committee WD/3:

Association of Consulting Engineers, Australia
Australian Chamber of Commerce
Australian Institute of Steel Construction
AUSTROADS
Bureau of Steel Manufacturers of Australia
Confederation of Australian Industry
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Electricity Supply Association of Australia

Institution of Engineers, Australia
Metal Trades Industry Association of Australia
Railways of Australia Committee
Steel Reinforcement Institute of Australia
University of Sydney
Welding Technology Institute of Australia

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This Standard was issued in draft form for comment as DR 89156.

 AS 1554.11Amdt 111992-09-14

STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

Amendment No. 1
to
AS 1554.1-1991
Structural steel welding (known as the SAA Structural Steel Welding Code)
Part 1: Welding of steel structures

REVISED TEXT

The 1991 edition of AS 1554.1 is amended as follows; the amendments should be inserted in the appropriate place.
SUMMARY: This Amendment applies to Clauses 2.1, 3.1.2, 3.2.5 and 4.5.1.1, and Tables 4.4(8), 4.4(C), 4.5.1(A), 4.5.1(8), 4.5.2 and
5.3.4. and Appendices A and D.
Published on 14 September 1992.

AMDT Page 7 Clause 2.1

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No. 1
SEPT. Item (c), delete 'AS 3679' and substitute 'AS 3679.1, AS 3679.2'.
1992
AMDT Page 8 Clause 3.1.2
No. 1
SEPT. 1 In title, delete 'Permissible' and substitute 'Design'.
1992
2 Line 2, delete 'permissible'.

AMDT Page 9 Clause 3.2.5

No. 1
SEPT. Line 2, after 'AS 1250' insert 'and AS 4100'.
1992
AMDT Page 27 Table 4.4(B)
No. 1
SEPT. In the Figure for joint identification B-P 6, C-P 6, transpose notations 't' and 'D'.
1992
AMDT Page 29 Table 4.4(C)
No. 1
SEPT. Row 1, Column 3, delete 'Clause 5.2.4' and substitute 'Clause 5.2.3'.
1992
AMDT Page 34 Clause 4.5.1.1
No. 1
SEPT. 1 Item (b), line 1, delete the words '"Column 4' and substitute 'Columns 4 and 5'.
1992
2 Item (c), delete the words 'Column 5' and substitute 'Column 6'.
3 Item (d), line 3, delete the words 'Columns 5, 6 and 7' and substitute 'Columns 7, 8 and 9'.

AMDT Page 34 Table 4.5.1(A)

No. 1
SEPT. At the end of the Table, add 2 new rows for steel types 7A and 7B as follows:
1992
7A W50XY W50X IYM, lYSM, IYS IYTM
78 W502Y W502X.X 2YM, 2YSM, 2YS 2YTM

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 AMDT Page 35 Table 4.5.1(B)
No. I
SEPT. Delete all existing Table and substitute the following:
1992
Steel Specification and grade numbers of parent metal
type AS 1163 AS 36781AS 3679.2 AS 3679.1 AS 1450 AS 1548 AS 1594 AS 1595 AS 2074 AS 2624
I C250 200 250 C200 7-430R Hdl All grades C2 S264
250 H200 7-430N Hd2 C3
300 C250 7-430T Hd3 C4-1
H250 7-430A Hd4
7-460R Hd200
7-460N Hd250
7-460T Hd300
7-460A Hd300/1
2 C250 LO - 50 LO - 7-430R LO - - - S264 LO
7-460R LO
3 - 250 LIS 250 LIS - 7-430N L20 - - - -
300 LIS 7-430T L20
7-430A L20
7-460N L20
7-460T L20
7-460A L20
4 C350 350 WR350/1 C350 5-490N Hd350 - Cl -
WR350/1 WR350/2 H350 5-490A Hd400 C4-2
400 350 7-490R HW350 LlA
7-490N
7-490T
7-490A
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5 C350 LO WR350/1 LO WR350/1 LO - - XF300 - - S365 LO

WR350/2 LO XF400
350 LO XF500
6 - 350 LIS WR350/2 LIS - 5-490N L20 - - - -
400 LIS 350 LIS 5-490T L20
5-490A L20
7-490N L20
7-490T L20
7-490A L20
7A C450 - - - - - - - -
7B C450 LO - - - - - - - -

AMDT Page 36 Table 4.5.2

No. I
SEPT. At the end of the Table add 2 new rows for steel types 7A and 7B as follows:
1992
7A 500 NR NR NR NR
7B 500 47 26 40 o

AMDT Page 45 Table 5.3.4

No. I
SEPT. Delete the existing row for Standard AS 1163 and substitute the following:
1992
AS 1163 C250, C250 LO I
C350, C350 LO 3
C450, C450 LO 3

AMDT Page 46 Table 5.3.4

No. I
SEPT. 1 Column 1, row 1, delete 'AS 3678' and substitute 'AS 3678 and AS 3679.2'.
1992
2 Column 1, row 2, delete 'AS 3679' and substitute 'As 3679.1' .

AMDT Page 59 Appendix A

No. I
SEPT. Delete '3679 Hot-rolled structural steel bars and sections', and substitute:
1992
3679 Structural steel
3679.1 Part 1: Hot-rolled bars and sections
3679.2 Part 2: Welded sections
 AMDT Page 62 Paragraph 04.2
No. 1
SEPT. Delete existing paragraph and substitute:
1992
04.2 Limitations Table D 1 shall only be used without modification for members and components
which comply with the fabrication and erection provisions of AS 4100, and with the provisions of
this Standard.
Table Dl may be used without modification for welded members and connection components which
are not subject to more than 1.0OJo outer bend fibre strain during fabrication. Members and components
subject to greater outer bend fibre strains shall be assessed using the provisions of Paragraph D4.3.

AMDT Page 63 Table 01

No. 1
SEPT. Delete existing Table and substitute:
1992
TABLE 01
PERMISSIBLE SERVICE TEMPERATURES ACCORDING TO STEEL TYPE ANO THICKNESS
Permissible service temperatures (QC)
Steel type
(see Table 4.5.1(8 Thickness (mm)
0 5 10 20 30 40 50
1 -20 -10 0 I + 10
2 -30 -20 -10 I 0
3 -40 -30 -20 I -10
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4 -10 0 I +10
5 -30 -20 -10 I 0
6 -40 -30 -20 1 -10
7A -10 0 I +10
7B -30 -20 -10 J 0
NOTE: Table DJ applies for-
(a) elements of a member of connection component subject to tensile stress; and
(b) plates and sections, the flange thickness being used for the latter.
 AS 1554.1-1991

Australian Standard
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Structural steel welding

(known as the SAA Structural Steel
Welding Code)

Part 1: Welding of steel structures

First published as AS CA8-1933.

Second edition 1939.
AS CA8 partly superseded by SAA 1nl. 352-1952.
Revised and redesignated as AS CA8, Part 1-1965
superseding SAA 1nl. 352-1952.
AS CA8, Part 11 first published-1972.
AS CA8, Parts I and 11 revised and redesignated as
AS 1554, Parts I and 2-1974.
AS 1554, Parts I and 2. revised and redesignated as
AS 1554, Part 1-1980.
Second edition-1985.
Third edition-I 99 1.

PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)
STANDARDS HOUSE, 80 ARTHUR ST, NORTH SYDNEY NSW
ISBN 0 7262 6779 1
 AS 1554.1-1991 2

PREFACE
This edition of this Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee on Welding of
Structures to supersede AS 1554.1-1985.
This edition is technically equivalent to the 1985 edition, but incorporates the following changes:
(a) The scope has been expanded to provide for steel structures complying with AS 4100, Steel
Structures, in addition to AS 1250, SAA Steel Structures Code.
(b) Requirements for safety precautions have been added (Clause 1.7).
(c) The requirements for plug and slot welds (Clause 3.6) have been revised to align with the latest
edition of A WS D1.l, Structural Welding Code-Steel.
(d) The prequalified welding consumables have been extended to cover those for gas metal-arc welding
to AS 2717.1.
(e) Tables 4.5.1(B), 4.5.1(C) and 5.3.4 have been updated to reflect changes in new and revised
Standards for steels.
(f) The equipment requirements for ultrasonic examination (Clause 6.4.2) have been revised.
(g) Table 6.3 has been revised to lower the permissible level of internal defects for SP category welds.
(h) Appendix D has been revised to align with AS 4100.
(i) Editorial changes and adjustments, including the following:
(i) Update of referenced Standards.
(ii) Alignment with current Standards Australia policy.
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The Standard provides rules for the welding of a wide range of welded constructions and, while it
is expected that its main use will be for static ally loaded welds, it applies also to some welds subject
to fatigue. The Standard has been specifically prepared for steel structures, but may be usefully applied
to machine frames and other types of steel constructions.
The Standard requires that weld preparations, welding consumables and welding procedures be qualified
before commencement of welding. Prequalified joint preparations, welding consumables and welding
procedures are also given in the Standard.
The Standard, in catering for structures subject to fatigue conditions as well as statically loaded
structures, provides two categories of welds with two differing levels of weld quality assurance associated
with the different types of service to which the welds are subjected. The intention is that the designer
should select the category suited to the severity of the service and nominate this on the drawings;
where a structure contains both categories, this will ensure that appropriate levels of supervision and
inspection will be applied to the relevant parts of the structure.
Strength capacity of welds is not covered in the Standard and designers are referred to AS 1250,
AS 4100, or other relevant design codes or specifications for this purpose.
Statements expressed in mandatory terms in notes to tables are deemed to be requirements to this
Standard.

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 3 AS 1554.1-1991

CONTENTS
Page
SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
1.1 SCOPE .... .... .... . .. . 5
1.2 INNOVATION.... .... . .. . 5
1.3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS 6
1.4 DEFINITIONS.... .... . ... 6
1.5 WELD CATEGORIES 6
1.6 BASIC WELDING REQUIREMENTS ... . 6
1.7 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS .... .... . .. . 6
SECTION 2 MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
2.1 PARENT MATERIAL 7
2.2 BACKING MATERIAL 7
2.3 WELDING CONSUMABLES 7
SECTION 3 DETAILS OF WELDED CONNECTIONS
3.1 GENERAL 8
3.2 BUTT WELDS .... .... 8
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3.3 FILLET WELDS 9

3.4 COMPOUND WELDS 13
3.5 SEAL WELDS .... .... 13
3.6 PLUG AND SLOT WELDS 14
3.7 WELDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMBINING ROLLED STEEL SECTIONS 14
SECTION 4 QUALIFICATION OF PROCEDURES AND PERSONNEL
4.1 QUALIFICATION OF WELDING PROCEDURE.... .... .... . .. . 16
4.2 METHOD OF QUALIFICATION OF WELDING PROCEDURE ... . 16
4.3 PREQUALIFIED WELDING PROCEDURES.... .... .... .... . .. . 16
4.4 PREQUALIFIED JOINT PREPARATIONS.... .... .... .... . .. . 16
4.5 QUALIFICATION OF WELDING CONSUMABLES .... .... . .. . 34
4.6 QUALIFICATION OF WELDING PROCEDURE BY TESTING ... . 36
4.7 EXTENSION OF QUALIFICATION .... .... .... . .. . 39
4.8 COMBINATION OF PROCESSES. ... .... .... .... . .. . 39
4.9 RECORDS OF TESTS .... .... .... .... . ... . .. . 39
4.10 REQUALIFICATION OF WELDING PROCEDURES ... . 39
4.11 QUALIFICATION OF WELDING PERSONNEL 41
SECTION 5 WORKMANSHIP
5.1 PREPARATION OF EDGES FOR WELDING 43
5.2 ASSEMBLy.... .... .... .... .... .... . ... 43
5.3 PREHEATING AND INTERRUN CONTROL 44
5.4 WELDING UNDER ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS .... 44
5.5 TACK WELDS .... .... .... .... .... .... .... . .. . 49
5.6 WELD DEPTH-TO-WIDTH RATIO .... .... .... . .. . 49
5.7 CONTROL OF DISTORTION AND RESIDUAL STRESS 49
5.8 REPAIR OF DEFECTS IN WELDS 50
5.9 TEMPORARY ATTACHMENTS 50
5.10 ARC STRIKES .... .... .... . ... 50
5.11 CLEANING OF FINISHED WELDS 50
5.12 DRESSING OF BUTT WELDS 50
SECTION 6 QUALITY OF WELDS
6.1 CATEGORIES OF WELDS.... .... .... .... .... .... .... . ... .... . ... 51
6.2 METHODS OF INSPECTION AND PERMISSIBLE LEVELS OF IMPER-
FECTIONS 51
6.3 RADIOGRAPHy.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... . ... .... . ... 51
 AS 1554.1-1991 4

Page
6.4 ULTRASONIC EXAMINATION.... .... .. .. 53
6.5 MAGNETIC PARTICLE EXAMINATION .... 53
6.6 LIQUID PENETRANT EXAMINATION 53
6.7 WELD DEFECTS ...... .. 53
6.8 REPORTING.... .. .. 53
SECTION 7 INSPECTION
7.1 GENERAL.... .. .. 57
7.2 QUALIFICATIONS OF INSPECTORS 57
7.3 VISUAL INSPECTION OF WORK 57
7.4 NON-DESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION OTHER THAN VISUAL EXA-
MINATION.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .. .. 57
APPENDICES
A LIST OF REFERENCED DOCUMENTS 58
B CHECK LIST OF MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION 60
C METHOD FOR JOINT AND PROCESS IDENTIFICATION 61
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D BRITTLE FRACTURE.... .... .... .... .... .... .. .. 62

E A SUITABLE FORM OF WELDING PROCEDURE SHEET .... 65
F SUGGESTED EXTENT OF NON-DESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION 66
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