The subject of the book is the design of aluminium alloys structures. The subject is treated from different points of view, like technology, theory, codification and applications. Aluminium alloys are successfully employed in the transportation industry; A parallel trend has been observed in the last decades in civil engineering structures, where aluminium alloys compete with steel (long-span roofing, bridges, hydraulic structures, offshore superstructures). This volume collects the lectures of out-standing international experts, who are all involved in the codification activity of Eurocode 9 on Aluminium Structural Design. It illustrates, with particular reference to the fields of transportation and civil engineering, the basic design principles from the material properties and the technological aspects of their application, to the evaluation of the resistance of the structural elements (member and plates) under static, dynamic and fatigue loading conditions.

Written by the most outstanding European experts in this field Presents many applications, clearly showing the main reasons for the choice of aluminium alloys as innovative materials All of the authors are involved in the preparation of Eurocode 9 Aluminium Structural Design The book represents the background document of Eurocode 9 before its final issue

Inhalt
Design Criteria for Aluminium Structures: Technology, Codification and Applications (F. M. Mazzolani).- Resistance of Members (G. Valtinat).- Resistance of Plated Structures (T. Höglund).- Design of Connections (F. Soetens, B.W. E. M. van Hove).- Fatigue Design (B. Atzori, G. Meneghetti).- Crashworthiness of Aluminium Structures (M. Langseth, A. G. Hanssen)