Structural Bronze Design

[StrucPEng]

We have a project where we are looking to use bronze as the structural support elements. Does anyone know of any design information regarding bronze? We would also be happy with finding any projects or designers that have used structural bronze and talking to them to get some technical insight. I have done some googling and have not found much but hoping the group here might have some other leads.

Thanks

 

[JStephen]

My first thought would be to contact whoever is going to fabricate/cast the material, and get their recommendation for a common and serviceable material.
The ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code should have allowable stresses and some other info for whatever alloys are commonly used in that field. What it does NOT have is anything to tell you which of the 800 alloys you should be using. Note that ASME stresses (for steel at least) are normally based on a 3.5:1 safety factor with respect to fracture, and may be overly conservative.