Abstract
In order to estimate heat-affected zone (HAZ) toughness of electroslag welds of building box columns, formulas consisting of steel chemical compositions have been proposed. The connection between inner-diaphragm steel and skin-plate steel have been studied by electroslag welding tests and simulated HAZ tests. The Charpy absorbed energy (vE0: average value at 0 degree C) for the skin-plate HAZ, 1mm from the weld fusion line, can be simply estimated by the formulas using the chemical compositions (mass %) of the skin-plate steel.