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True or False?
Weld metal shrinkage is not proportional to the amount of weld metal. -
ANSWERFalse
True or False?
Longitudinal residual stress may be as high as the yield stress of the base metal. -
ANSWERTrue
What is the following formula applicable to?
S = 0.18 Aw / t + 0.05d - ANSWERTransverse shrinkage - butt welds
What is the following formula applicable to?
S = 0.025 Aw / Ar - ANSWERLongitudinal shrinkage - butt welds
In seam welding, what is the simplest form of distortion control? - ANSWERStart at
the same distance from the end of the joint, making a short weld first
True or False?
Where planting and stiffeners are combined as a ship bulkhead work, the butt and
seam welds in plating should be welded before the stiffeners. - ANSWERTrue
True or False?
In filling up a weld joint, the number of weld passes does not affect distortion. -
ANSWERFalse
Distortion may be partially or fully controlled by mechanical means using:
A) Rigid clamping or fixturing
B) Pre-bending or setting
C) Pre-weld heat treatment
D) Post-weld heat treatment
E) Subassembly
F) A, B, and C - ANSWERF) A, B, and C
True or false?
In a welded assembly with both groove and fillet welds, the fillet welds should be
completed first and then the groove welds. - ANSWERFalse
What is the advantage of intermittent fillet welds? - ANSWERLess distortion