Aluminum member Design Reference 2

[CardsFan1]

I am looking for a good aluminum member design reference. Does anyone own a copy of "Aluminum Structural Design" by The Reynolds Metals Company? Amazon does not have the look inside option for this book. I know RISA does aluminum design and the ADM has many example calculations, but we are dealing with more complicated, proprietary shapes and need more explanation for local and LTB states.

 

[BAretired]

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=aluminum+structural+design+manual+pdf

file:///C:/Users/Owner/AppData/Local/Temp/aluminum-structures-a-guide-to-their-specifications-and-1.pdf

Something wrong with that last reference (a 546 page PDF file). I don't know how to get a link to the file (figured it out once before but my brain's gone dead).

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...d-4ebf51.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0du8vTjsVraO_Y9jWZyJXG

I think I got it that time. Whew!!!

BA

 

[BAretired]

Amazon has two copies left, at least they did when I checked.

Oops, a little out of date. What's with Amazon, putting on a six year old ad?

BA

 

[Aesur]

Typically the ADM has everything you need to calculate the strength of custom shapes. I am not aware of any good reference documents other than the code itself and from a software perspective, I am not aware of any that do custom shapes. As you mentioned RISA has aluminum, but it's only standard shapes, and I don't know if they have incorporated all the checks yet as there use to be disclaimers about certain parts of the code not being checked, similar to steel angles in RISA under certain scenarios.

As for designing aluminum, basically you check each part of the member for local effects similar to designing a custom steel shape. I still prefer the 2005 ADM as it has a table that made it easier to find which formulas to use. Typically for a given custom aluminum shape you are looking at 10+ different checks and use the lowest value of those. The capacities of each "piece" of the shape are tie to the slenderness ratio of that piece and using the tables in the back of the 2005 ADM can simplify the formulas as they include all the factors based on the alloy type.

 

[dik]

Ordered one... be careful... inside of book is different from the cover. This is what my copy contained... first time ever...

Dik

 

[BAretired]

dik,

Your book sounds more interesting than aluminum design.

BA

 

[dik]

The cover is for the Aluminum Structural Design... I'd prefer this...

Dik

 

[JedClampett]

Our office gets the loose bound edition every time they update. But it's phenomenally expensive ($395 for members; $495 for non members), so I feel bad about it. But it has tables, graphs and charts that are indispensable.
You know, the AISC manual is kind of a loss leader (I know, $200 is not that cheap, either) to help promote the use of steel. Can't the AA be a little kinder to the professionals who decide and design the stuff?