Aluminum Structures 1

[LeonhardEuler]

Are there design tables for aluminum structural shapes like there is for steel in AISC? Where could I find these?

 

[spats]

There are some in the "Design Aids" section of the Aluminum Design Manual, but not much.

 

[JLNJ]

Are you looking for simple member geometry or tables which give you flexural or axial capacity?

Be careful with aluminum. Especially around welds and in areas which deflection might control.

 

[JAE]

http://www.aluminum.org/aluminum-design-manual-2015

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[JedClampett]

There's tables in the Aluminum Association Design Manual like as said above. But it's dreadfully expensive.
spats is right, there's not much, but we adjust by just using the sections there's tables for.
I wonder if the Aluminum Association realizes that this could be priced as a marketing tool, instead of a profit center? Aren't they in the business to sell aluminum, not books? The steel manual is half as much (for members), is better printed and has more content.