This paper describes a recently developed technique used for the fabrication of small scale welded steel models. The extensive use of jigging has allowed stiffened cylindrical models to be manufactured with plate thickness as low as 0.6 mm while maintaining fabrication geometrical tolerances to scaled equivalents of those found in full scale fabrication and within the ranges dictated by relevant design guidance documents.
These models have been successfully loaded to destruction, with their performance correlated against that of larger scale models and the results of advanced non-linear numerical techniques.
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