Strength Design in Aluminum: A Review of Three Codes

Prepared by the Task Committee on Strength Design in Aluminum of the Committee on Special Structures of the Committee on Metals of the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE.

This report compares the Canadian, European, and U.S. codes on aluminum in order to provide a basis for the preparation of a common specification document. The three codes are:

• CSA S157-03, Strength Design in Aluminum (2003, CSA);
• Eurocode 9, Design of Aluminum Alloy Stru…