What is the type of welding defect caused due to shrinkage during solidification and by weld stresses called?
A
Incomplete fusion
B
Lamellar tearing
C
Mismatch
D
Shrinkage void
Correct Answer: Lamellar tearing
Lamellar tearing is a cracking phenomenon, which occurs beneath welds, and is principally found in rolled steel plate fabrications. The tearings always lies within the parent plate, often outside the transformed (visible) heat- affected zone (HAZ), and is generally parallel to the weld fusion boundary.