aluminum design 1

[hangerbanger]

Does anyone know of a good book that has design examples on  how to design aluminum angles for use in structures?

 

[Ron]

The Aluminum Design Manual available from The Aluminum Association (<A HREF="

http://www.aluminum.org"

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http://www.aluminum.org</A>)is

a good manual as well as some of their other publications.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>One caution with aluminum is that all structural shapes have some level of tempering (T-0 thru T-6+), so design for welding requires significantly reduced allowable stresses and the yield stresses change with temper, obviously.

 

[brin]

If you're interested, <A HREF="

http://www.pwr-tools.com/"

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http://www.pwr-tools.com/</A>

has a general library of aluminum shapes, free download.<br><br>Also consider weldability, corrosion resistance, formability, etc.<br><br>What's the general application (marine, aircraft, buildings, etc.?)