Aluminum Design
Aluminum Design
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I am going to be attempting my first aluminum structure design over the next few weeks (luckily its very small), but I was curious to see what the latest version of the Aluminum Design Manual was. Everything that I can find points to 2010, but I just wanted to double check. Plus, I was trying to find out where I can purchase one. I looked on www.aluminum.org and I could not find.
Also, if anyone has any great literature that I could be on the look out for to assist me that would great.
Thank you.
Also, if anyone has any great literature that I could be on the look out for to assist me that would great.
Thank you.






RE: Aluminum Design
http://www.aluminum.org/source/Orders/index.cfm?se...
Send them $295, plus shipping, handling and whatever else they can dream up and they'll send you one. I've gotten previous editions and they're very good, although we don't do a lot of elaborate designs, mostly simple span stuff. One minor gripe, the binder was the standard Office Depot, off the shelf stuff. It was torn when we got it. For that price, a heavier duty binder would of been nice.
RE: Aluminum Design
When doing your design, read through it the specification and commentary to get a feel for how it works. Then go right to the Design Guides. They've already done all the buckling constant math for you.
P.E.
Oratio imago animi.
RE: Aluminum Design
RE: Aluminum Design
Have done lots of aluminum structural design...be careful with the ADM provisions.