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Essential for all professionals who work with aluminum in structural applications, this comprehensive, up-to-date resource includes:Specification for Aluminum Structures - Allowable Stress Design Specification and Commentary: provides rules for determining the strength of aluminum structural components and safety factors for aluminum building and bridge structures;Specification for Aluminum Structures - Load and Resistance Factor Design Specification and Commentary: provides rules for determining the strength of aluminum structural components and resistance factors for aluminum building structures;Design Guide: additional discussion of the Specification for Aluminum Structures, as well as information on adhesive bonded joints, sandwich panels and beams, extrusion design, corrosion prevention, fire protection, references, and other design codes for aluminum structural components in automobiles, bridges, rail cars, ships, pressure vessels, pipe, and storage tanks;Materials: alloy and temper designation systems for wrought and cast aluminum alloys; comparative characteristics of wrought alloys, and foreign alloy designations correlated with U.S. alloy designations;Material Properties: minimum strengths for wrought, cast, and welded aluminum alloys, minimum strengths for aluminum fastener alloys, and typical mechanical and physical properties, including thermal expansion, electrical conductivity, and density (all in U.S. and SI units);Section Properties: Dimensions and sections properties for aluminum channels, I-beams, angles, tees, zees, square, rectangular and round tube, pipe, and roofing and siding, as well as sheet metal and wire gauges;Design Aids: Compressive strength curves, allowable stress tables for various alloys, allowable load tables for: channels and I-beams in bending, tread plate, roofing and siding; fastener dimensions, and minimum bend radii for aluminum sheet and plate, wire, and rod;Illustrative Design Examples: structural design example calculations based on the Specification for Aluminum Structures;Guidelines for Aluminum Sheet Metal Work in Building Construction: for the use of aluminum in roofing and flashing; andIndex

The 2005 edition includes new or revised provisions concerning:Welded strengthsAdding 6063-T52, 6351-T6, and 7005-T53Materials for screws used to connect aluminum partsFactors on welded tensile ultimate strength and compressive yield strengthWelded connections (groove, fillet, plug and slot, and stud welds)Screw pull-overRevision of Section 1.2, MaterialsRevision of Section 5, Mechanical ConnectionsRevision of Section 6, Fabrication and ErectionA new Section 8, CastingsWeighted average strengthsDesign stresses for wind loadsFatigue strength for welds with permanent backingNet effective areas for channels, I beams, zees, angles, and teesSingle angles in flexureTapered thickness element strengthShear yield strengthsWeb crippling of extrusionsCompressive strength of complex cross sectionsStrength of elements in bending in their own planeUnbraced length in bending.