Product code: ALAADB
Title: 2020 Aluminum Design Manual
Author: The Aluminum Association
Published: 2020
Description:
The 2020 Aluminum Design Manual is essential for all professionals who work with aluminum in structural applications. This comprehensive, up-to-date resource includes the sections listed below (new additions are in bold):
• The Specification for Aluminum Structures, which contains new provisions for block shear, pull-out strength of screws in screw chases, weld-affected strengths, post-weld heat treated strengths, new alloy-tempers, and flanges and webs with concentrated forces.
• The Commentary to the Specification for Aluminum Structures, with background and references for specification provisions.
• A Design Guide, addressing aluminum structural design codes, aluminum composite material, adhesive bonded joints, extrusion design, corrosion, fire protection, and sustainability.
• Material Properties, which describes the wrought and cast alloy and temper designation systems and provides comparative characteristics, typical physical properties, and densities of common aluminum alloys.
• Section Properties for common aluminum channels, I-shapes, angles, tees, zees, square, rectangular, and round tube, roofing and siding, and pipe.
• Design Aids, including 48 allowable stress tables for common alloy-tempers, load span tables for Aluminum Association channels and I-shapes, grating (new), tread plate, and roofing and siding.
• Illustrative Examples, with 31 design examples of use of the Specification for Aluminum Structures.
• Guidelines for Aluminum Sheet Metal Work in Building Construction.
• A new Code of Standard Practice for Fabricating and Erecting Structural Aluminum, which provides a common understanding of acceptable standards when contracting for structural aluminum.
• Includes a QR code with a link to a spreadsheet containing section property tables for common aluminum shapes including I-shapes, channels, angles, tees, zees, round and rectangular tube, pipe, and roofing and siding tables.