Aluminium Structural Design
Learn about aluminium structural design, from fabrication processes, mechanical & physical properties, design types, Eurocodes, welded & bolted joints to fatigue strength and ECCS recomendations from
Aluminium Alloy Structures by Frederico M. Mazzolani.
- Discover the birth of aluminium and its typical design methods including allowable stress, semi-probabilistic & Eurocode methods.
- Uncover the history and mechanics of aluminium structural design.
- Learn about fabrication processes, physical & mechanical properties, design types, & joints.
CONTENTS
Aluminium and its alloys
- Introduction
- Birth of aluminium
- Fabrication processes
- Classification of alloys
- Wrought alloy families
- Mechanical properties
- General criteria for design
The structural material
- Structural types and shapes
- Characterization of σ-ε law
- Definition of industrial bar
- Geometrical imperfections
- Mechanical imperfections
Safety principles
- Trends
- Loading conditions
- Allowable stress method
- Semi-probabilistic methods
- Strength of the base metal
- Eurocodes
Welded connections
- Technology of welded connections
- Strength of welded joints
- Experimental results
Mechanical joints
- Technology of joints
- Strength of connections
- Bolted shear connections
- Frictions joints with high-strength steel bolts
- Riveted shear connections
Strength of structural elements
- Serviceability limit state
- Ultimate limit state
- Bending behaviour of the cross-sections
- Inelastic behaviour of beams
- Experimental results
- Bending behaviour of composite aluminium-concrete sections
Stability of members
- General items
- Members under compression
- Members under bending
- Members under compression and bending
Stability of plate and shells
- Platen and plate girders
- Cylindrical shells
Fatigue design
- Introduction
- Evaluation of fatigue strength
- Factors affecting the fatigue strength
- Fatigue design
- Fatigue codification
- The ECCS recomentations
Fire resistance
- General principles
- Aluminium alloys at high temperatures
- Verification of fire resistance
