Determining the Moment of Inertia Equation for Rectrangular Fillet Weld

Weld design calculation, as discussed in the previous weld sizing article, requires determining the moment of inertia equations of the whole fillet weld.

We will discuss the steps required for calculating the area moment of inertia as well as the polar moment of inertia for the welding joint of the previous article which has a rectangular shaped joint like below:

 

Determining Moment of Inertia Equation Example

 

Where,

a = 150 mm

b = 100 mm

 

Little theory:

  • The area or the second moment of inertia of a planer cross section of a beam define the beam’s ability to withstand the bending and torsional shear stress.
  • The area moment of inertia of a composite section can be calculated by adding/subtracting the sub-areas.
  • The area moment of inertia about Z axis of a planer area laid in XY plane is called polar moment of inertia (Jz).
  • The polar moment of inertia (Jz) can be found by adding the area moment of inertia about the X axis (Ix) and that about the Y axis (Iy) or Jz=Ix+Iy.

 

 

Steps for calculating the area and polar moment of inertia equations of the above fillet weld joint:

The area moment of inertia about the X and the Y axis are calculated by subtracting the second moment of inertia values of the inner rectangular area from that of the outer rectangular area.

Finally, the polar or torsional moment of inertia (Jz ) is calculated by summing up the Ix and Iy.

 

Step-1: Calculating Ix:

Ix = (Ix of the outer rectangle) – (Ix of the inner rectangle)

= [a*b3/12] – [(a-2)*(b-2)3/12]

 

Putting, a=150 and b=100

Ix = 12500000 – 11608034.66 = 891965.34 mm3

 

 

 

Step-2: Calculating Iy:

Iy = (Iy of the outer rectangle) – (Iy of the inner rectangle)

= [b*a3/12] – [(b-2)*(a-2)3/12]

 

Putting, a=150 and b=100

 

Ix = 28125000 – 26474634.66 =1650365.34 mm3

 

 

Step-3: Calculating Jz:

 

Jz = Ix + Iy = 891965.34 + 1650365.34 = 2542330.68 mm3

 

Shibashis Ghosh

Hi, I am Shibashis, a blogger by passion and an engineer by profession. I have written most of the articles for mechGuru.com. For more than a decades i am closely associated with the engineering design/manufacturing simulation technologies. I am a self taught code hobbyist, presently in love with Python (Open CV / ML / Data Science /AWS -3000+ lines, 400+ hrs. )

This Post Has 4 Comments

  1. Ernest Dall

    Shouldn’t the units be in mm^4??

    (mm)^3 * mm = mm^4

    1. MechGuru

      You are right, the units should be mm^4 instead of mm^3. Thanks for pointing it out, i will correct it soon.

  2. Janco Viljoen

    is it allowed to add different section of moment of inertia of fillet weld.

  3. Sumit Basu

    Jz cannote be used for torsion calculations

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