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Aluminum Structures: Specifications and Design

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aluminum Structures: A Guide to Their Specifications and Design
By J. Randolph Kissell, Robert L. Ferry

BRIEF CONTENTS

PART I – INTRODUCTION

  1. What’s in This Book?

  2. What Is Aluminum?

  • Metal in Construction
  • Many Metals from Which to Choose
  • When to Choose Aluminum
    • Introduction
    • Factors to Consider
  • Aluminum Alloys and Tempers
    • Introduction
    • Wrought Alloys
    • Tempers
  • Structural Applications of Aluminum
    • Background
    • Building and Construction Applications

3 Working with Aluminum

  • Product Forms
    • Extrusions
    • Sheet and Plate
    • Forgings
    • Castings
    • Prefabricated Products
  • Coatings and Finishes
    • Mill Finish
    • Anodized Finishes
    • Painted Finishes
    • Mechanical Finishes
    • Cladding
    • Roofing and Siding Finishes
  • Erection

PART IISTRUCTURAL BEHAVIOR OF ALUMINUM

4 Material Properties for Design

  • Minimum and Typical Properties
  • Strengths
  • Modulus of Elasticity, Shear Modulus, and Poisson’s Ratio
  • Fracture Properties
  • The Effect of Welding on Mechanical Properties
  • The Effect of Temperature on Aluminum Properties
  • Fire Resistance
  • Hardness
  • Physical Properties
  • Aluminum Material Specifications
  • Alloy Identification
  • Certification Documentation

5 Explanation of the Aluminum Specification

  • Tension Members
    • Tensile Strength
    • Net Area
    • Effective Net Area
    • Maximum Slenderness Ratios for Tension Members
  • Compression Members
    • Overall Buckling (Columns)
    • Local Buckling (Components of Columns)
  • Members in Bending
    • Bending Yielding and Fracture
    • Bending Buckling
    • Bending Shear
  • Torsion
    • Venant Torsion
    • Warping Torsion
    • A Final Note
  • Combined Stresses
    • Combined Axial Compression and Bending
    • Combined Tension and Bending
    • Combined Shear, Compression, and Bending
    • Biaxial and Triaxial Stresses

6 Orientation to the Aluminum Specification

  • Background
  • The Aluminum Design Manual
  • Types of Structures Addressed by the Aluminum Specification
  • Significant Figures and the Aluminum Specification

PART III DESIGN CHECKS FOR STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS

7 Structural Members

  • Tension Member Design Procedure
    • Net Effective Area
    • Allowable Stress
    • Tensile Capacity
  • Compression Member Design Procedure
    • Overall Column Slenderness Ratio
    • Slenderness Ratio of Cross-Sectional Elements
    • Allowable Column Stress of Typical Shapes
    • Summary of Allowable Column Stress
  • Bending Member Design Procedure
    • Bending Tension
    • Bending Compression
    • Shear
  • Combined Stresses Design Procedure
    • Combined Axial Compression and Bending
    • Combined Tension and Bending
    • Combined Shear, Compression, and Bending

8 Connections

  • Mechanical Connections
    • Introduction
    • Types of Fasteners
    • Fastener Material Selection
    • Fastener Mechanical Properties
    • Types of Loads on Fasteners
    • Types of Bolted Connections
    • Holes
    • Failure Modes for Mechanically Fastened Joints
    • Tensile Loads on Fasteners
    • Shear Loads on Fasteners
    • Combined Shear and Tension on Bolts
    • Bearing Strength and Edge Distance
    • Tension Strength of Connected Parts
    • Shear Rupture
    • Minimum Spacing and Edge Distance
    • Maximum Edge Distance and Spacing
    • Screw Connections
    • Minimum Requirements for Connections
  • Welded Connections
    • Aluminum Welding Processes
    • Selecting a Filler Alloy
    • Types of Welds
    • Comparing Aluminum and Steel Fillet Weld Safety Factors
    • Weld Fabrication
    • Weld Quality Assurance

9 Special Topics

  • Welded Members
    • What Welding Does to Aluminum
    • Types of Welded Members
    • Welded Tension Members
    • Welded Compression Members
    • Post-Weld Heat Treatment
  • Fatigue
    • Fatigue—What Is It Again?
    • Fatigue Design: The Ground Rules
    • Variable Amplitude Fatigue Design
    • Aluminum Versus Steel in Fatigue
    • Other Factors in Fatigue
    • A Final Word
  • Recent Developments in Aluminum Structures
    • Friction Stir Welding
    • Alloy 6082
    • Aluminum-Lithium Alloys
    • The New Aluminum AutomotiveAlloys
    • Aluminum Metal Matrix Composites

PART IV – DESIGN OF STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS

10 Structural Systems Built with Aluminum

  • Cold-Formed Aluminum Construction
    • Building Sheathing
    • Cold-Formed Aluminum Design
    • Elastically Supported Flanges
  • Aluminum Frames
    • System Description
    • Model for Analysis
    • Getting Started
    • Analyzing the Dome
    • Design Checks
  • Aluminum Composite Members
    • Composite Beams
    • Thermal Stresses
    • Dissimilar Material Contact
  • Aluminum Pressure Piping
  • Aluminum Plate Structures
    • Stiffeners
    • Compressive Strengths
    • Fabrication

PART VLOAD AND RESISTANCE FACTOR DESIGN

11 Load and Resistance Factor Design

  • New Tricks for Old Dogs
  • LRFD—The Concept
  • What’s New: Load Factors
  • What’s the Same
  • When Do I Use LRFD?
  • Which Way Lets Me Use Less Metal?
  • The General Expression for Comparing LRFD to ASD
  • How They Came Up with the LRFD Specification
  • How Do I Actually Start Using LRFD?
  • The Future of the ASD and LRFD Aluminum Specifications

Appendixes

  • Section Properties of Common Aluminum Shapes
  • Minimum Mechanical Properties of Aluminum Alloys
  • Allowable Stresses for Elements of Common Aluminum Shapes
  • LRFD Design Stresses for Elements of Common Aluminum Shapes
  • Column Buckling Allowable Stress
  • Summary of the Aluminum Specification Design Provisions for Columns and Beams
  • Cross Reference to the Aluminum Specification
  • LRFD Design Stresses for Various Alloys
  • Other Aluminum Structural Design Specifications
  • Buckling Constants
  • Metric Conversions
  • Statistics

Glossary

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