The document discusses different types of welded joints including butt joints and fillet joints. It describes the geometry and strengths of square butt joints, single V-butt joints, and single and double U-butt joints used to join plates of different thicknesses. Fillet joints can be transverse or parallel and the document explains how to calculate the strengths of each type. Several example problems are also included showing how to calculate weld sizes for butt and fillet joints subjected to tensile, shear, bending, and eccentric loads.