| Urges design, engineering, and architecture professionals with a background in steel design to use aluminum as a structural material and explains the practice of designing aluminum structures. Through detailed examples of total structures, discusses the properties of aluminum, its structural performance, fabrication, welding and mechanical connections, and inspection and testing. Provides supporting material in tables, charts, and graphs. Keyed to the sixth edition of the Specifications for Aluminum Structures published by the Aluminum Association, and borrows or contrasts relevant specifications from the corresponding reference on steel. |