baseplate design - poles
 

baseplate design - poles
for the design of circumferemtial fillet welds you can refer to
formulas for stress, strain and structural matrices
pilkey
wiley interscience
i ported the procedure to mathcad 2000 pro as well, freely downloadable from the collaboratory site.
a filled weld has specific formulations for any layout, sometimes simplified to 1 or 2 formulations. of course if you may need gusset plates to have a less thick baseplate.