AWS D1.5 : 1996

Personnel
Foreword
List of Tables
List of Figures
1 General Provisions
    1.1 Application
    1.2 Base Metal
    1.3 Welding Processes
    1.4 Definitions
    1.5 Welding Symbols
    1.6 Safety Precautions
    1.7 Standard Units of Measurement
    1.8 Welding Procedure Specifications (WPSs)
    1.9 Mechanical Testing
2 Design of Welded Connections
    Part A. General Requirements
    2.1 Drawings
    2.2 Basic Unit Stresses
    2.3 Effective Weld Areas, Lengths, Throats and
          Sizes
    Part B. Structural Details
    2.4 Welded Filler Plates
    2.5 Partial Joint Penetration Groove Welds
    Part C. Details of Welded Joints
    2.6 Joint Qualification
    2,7 Details of Fillet Welds
    2.8 Details of Plug and Slot Welds
    2.9 Complete Joint Penetration Groove Welds
    2.10 Partial Joint Penetration Groove Welds
3 Workmanship
    3.1 General Requirements
    3.2 Preparation of Base Metal
    3.3 Assembly
    3.4 Control of Distortion and Shrinkage
    3.5 Dimensional Tolerances
    3.6 Weld Profiles
    3.7 Repairs
    3.8 Peening
    3.9 Caulking
    3.10 Arc Strikes
    3.11 Weld Cleaning
    3.12 Weld Termination
    3.13 Weld Backing
4 Technique
    Part A. General Requirements
    4.1 Filler Metal Requirements
    4.2 Preheat and Interpass Temperature Requirements
    4.3 Heat Input Control for Grade 690 and 690W
    4.4 Stress Relief Heat Treatment
    Part B. Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)
    4.5 Electrodes for SMAW
    4.6 Procedures for SMAW
    Part C. Submerged Arc Welding (SAW)
    4.7 General Requirements
    4.8 Electrodes and Fluxes for SAW
    4.9 Procedures for SAW with a Single Electrode
    4.10 Procedures for SAW with Parallel Electrodes
    4.11 Procedures for SAW with Multiple Electrodes
    Part D. Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) and Flux Cored
    Arc Welding (FCAW)
    4.12 Electrodes
    4.13 Shielding Gas
    4.14 Procedures for GMAW and FCAW with a Single
          Electrode
    Part E. Electroslag Welding (ESW) and Electrogas
    Welding (EGW)
    4.15 Qualification of Process, WPSs and Joint Details
    4.16 Mechanical Properties
    4.17 Condition of Electrodes and Guide Tubes
    4.18 Shielding Gas
    4.19 Condition of Flux
    4.20 Procedures for ESW and EGW
    Part F. Plug and Slot Welds
    4.21 Plug Welds
    4.22 Slot Welds
    4.23 Plug and Slot Welds
    Part G. Control of Production Welding Variables
    4.24 Tests
    4.25 Control of Variables
    4.27 Current Control
Qualification
    Part A. Welding Procedure Specification (WPS)
    Qualification
5-88 D1.5-96
Subsection no. Subsection no. and Title
               5.0 Scope
               5.1 Approval
               5.2 Qualification Responsibility
(5.5.6) 5.3 Duration
(5.3) 5.4 Base Metal
(5.4.1) 5.5 Welding Consumables
(New) 5.6 Test Plate Thickness
(New) 5.7 General Requirements for WPS
                     Qualification
(5.11) 5.8 Position of Test Welds
(New) 5.9 Options for WPS Qualification or
                     Prequalification
(New) 5.10 Fillet Weld WPS Qualification
(5.1.1) 5.11 Prequalified WPS
(New and 5.2.4)5.12 Heat Input WPS
(5.7) 5.13 Production Procedure WPS
(5.1.5) 5.14 Electroslag and Electrogas Welding
(5.5.5and 5.12)5.15 Type of Tests and Purpose
(5.13) 5.16 Weld Specimens-Number, Type and
                     Preparation
(5,13,1,4) 5.17 Nondestructive Testing
(5.14) 5.18 Method of Testing Specimens
(5.15) 5.19 Test Results Required
(5,17) 5.20 Retests
(5.8) 5.21 General Requirements
(New) 5.22 Production Welding Positions Qualified
(5.20) 5.23 Qualification Tests Required
(New) 5.24 Limitations of Variables
(5.27) 5.25 Test Specimens: Number, Type and
                     Preparation
(New) 5.26 Method of Testing Specimens
(New) 5.27 Test Results Required
(New) 5.28 Retests
6 Inspection
    Part A. General Requirements
    6.1 General
    6.2 Inspection of Materials
    6.3 Inspection of WPS Qualification and Equipment
    6.4 Inspection of Welder, Welding Operator and
          Tack Welder Qualifications
    6.5 Inspection of Work and Records
    6.6 Obligations of the Contractor
    6.7 Nondestructive Testing
    Part B. Radiographic Testing of Groove Welds in
    Butt Joints
    6.8 Extent of Testing
    6.9 General
    6.10 Radiographic Procedure
    6.11 Acceptability of Welds
    6.12 Examination, Report and Disposition of
          Radiographs
    Part C. Ultrasonic Testing of Groove Welds
    6.13 General
    6.14 Extent of Testing
    6.15 Ultrasonic Equipment
    6.16 Reference Standards
    6.17 Equipment Qualification
    6.18 Calibration for Testing
    6.19 Testing Procedures
    6.20 Preparation and Disposition of Reports
    6.21 Calibration of the Ultrasonic Unit with IIW or
          Other Approved Reference Blocks
    6.22 Equipment Qualification Procedures
    6.23 Flaw Size Evaluation Procedures
    6.24 Scanning Patterns
    6.25 Examples of dB Accuracy Certification
7 Stud Welding
    7.1 Scope
    7.2 General Requirements
    7.3 Mechanical Requirements
    7.4 Workmanship
    7.5 Technique
    7.6 Stud Application Qualification Requirements
    7.7 Production Control
    7.8 Inspection Requirements
8 Statically Loaded Structures (No Applications within
    this Code)
9 Welded Steel Bridges
    Part A. General Requirements
    9.1 Application
    9.2 Base metal
    Part B. Structural Details
    9.3 General
    9.4 Noncontinuous Beams
    9.5 Participation of Floor System
    9.6 Lap Joints
    9.7 Corner and T-Joints
    9.8 Prohibited Types of Joints and Welds
    9.9 Combination of Welds
    9.10 Welds in Combination with Rivets and Bolts
    9.11 Fillet Weld Details
    9.12 Eccentricity of Connections
    9.13 Connections or Splices - Tension and Compression
          Members
    9.14 Connections or Splices in Compression Members
          with Milled Joints
    9.15 - 9.21
    Part D. Supplemental Requirements
10 Tubular Structures (No applications within this Code)
11 Strengthening and Repairing Existing Structures (No
    Applications within this Code)
12 AASHTO/AWS Fracture Control Plan (FCP) for Nonredundant
    Members
Annexes 1 - VIII - Mandatory information
Annexes A - D Non-mandatory Information
Index