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

Answer: Option B

Solution(By Examveda Team)

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.