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AWS D1.1/D1.1M:2010An American National Standard

StructuralWelding Code—Steel

550 N.W. LeJeune Road, Miami, FL 33126

AWS D1.1/D1.1M:2010An American National Standard

Approved by theAmerican National Standards Institute

March 11, 2010

Structural Welding Code—

Steel

22nd Edition

Supersedes AWS D1.1/D1.1M:2008

Prepared by theAmerican Welding Society (AWS) D1 Committee on Structural Welding

Under the Direction of theAWS Technical Activities Committee

Approved by theAWS Board of Directors

Abstract

This code covers the welding requirements for any type of welded structure made from the commonly used carbon andlow-alloy constructional steels. Clauses 1 through 8 constitute a body of rules for the regulation of welding in steelconstruction. There are nine normative and twelve informative annexes in this code. A Commentary of the code isincluded with the document.

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International Standard Book Number: 978-0-87171-772-6American Welding Society

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