Aluminum Material - Stress Calculations

[stech2006]

I normally do stress calculations such as Shell Wall, End-plate and Tensile Stud calculations...on SS 304, 316 or reg Carbon Steel Material.

Like I mention prior I am new at this and now they are asking for Aluminum Material...basically to create a box which I would normally do out of CS. They told me for Aluminum there are other requirements...I am not sure where to begin to look.

Please help if you can.

Thanks.

 

[BigInch]

Maybe you want to post this on the Mech Engineer's Forum. This forum really is pipe stress related. Or are you talking square [] pipe?

BigInch-born in the trenches.

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[stech2006]

Thanks I will post it on the other Forum...thank you!

I am talking about regular pipe...I am not familiar with square pipe.

 

[IFRs]

You need a copy of the Aluminum Association Design Manual and a copy of Aluminum Design book by R Ferry. Or have an experienced aluminum engineer have a hack at it. Experience with CS or SS does little to prepare you for aluminum design. The forces and stresses are calculated similarly but the allowable stresses are much different.