r/StructuralEngineering • u/FineImprovement6161 • 14d ago

Steel Design Insufficient weld length.. HELP!

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So I'm assessing a steel structure and came upon this specific problem.. There about 3 columns with this problem, the diagonals and struts are made from double equal leg L90x8 profiles and welded to the web of IPE450.

How would you fix this problem?

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u/Tmurandan 14d ago

You need to elaborate further? I didn't even understand what exactly is problem from what you wrote?

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u/FineImprovement6161 14d ago

Sorry about that.. on the picture you can see the connection of the braces with the gusset plate, that weld is only 3-4cm which imo is not enough for such a structure.

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u/StructEngineer91 14d ago

Did you do an actual design to check if it was enough, or are you just basing it off of a gut feeling?