AS/NZS 1664.

2:1997

Australian/New Zealand Standard

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Aluminium structures

Part 2: Allowable stress design

 AS/NZS 1664.2:1997

This Joint Australian/New Zealand Standard was prepared by Joint Technical

Committee BD/50, Aluminium Structures. It was approved on behalf of the Council
of Standards Australia on 27 June 1997 and on behalf of the Council of Standards
New Zealand on 11 July 1997. It was published on 5 September 1997.

The following interests are represented on Committee BD/50:

Aluminium Development Council
Association of Consulting Engineers, Australia
Australian Building Codes Board
Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand
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University of Sydney

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 AS/NZS 1664.2:1997

Australian/New Zealand Standard

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Aluminium structures

Part 2: Allowable stress design

Originated in Australia as part of AS 1664 1975.

Previous Australian edition AS 1664 1979.
Jointly revised and designated AS/NZS 1664.2:1997.
Incorporating:
Amdt 11999

PUBLISHED JOINTLY BY:

STANDARDS AUSTRALIA
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STANDARDS NEW ZEALAND

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PREFACE

This Joint Standard was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand
Committee BD/50, Aluminium Structures, to supersede, in part, AS 1664 1979, Rules
for the use of aluminium in structures (known as SAA Aluminium Structures Code).
This Standard is technically equivalent to The Aluminium Design Manual: Specifications
and guidelines for aluminium structures. Part 1A: Specifications for Aluminium structures
allowable stress design issued by the U.S. Aluminium Association Inc.
The objective of this Standard is to provide designers of aluminium alloy load carrying
members and elements with allowable stress design criteria for use in design applications.
Statements expressed in mandatory terms in notes to tables and figures are deemed to be
requirements of this Standard.
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CONTENTS
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SECTION 1 GENERAL
1.1 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2 MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.3 SAFETY FACTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.4 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

SECTION 2 DESIGN PROCEDURE

2.1 PROPERTIES OF SECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2 PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.3 LOADING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

SECTION 3 GENERAL DESIGN RULES

3.1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... 8
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3.2 NOMENCLATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... 8

3.3 TABLES RELATING TO MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
AND BUCKLING CONSTANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.4 ALLOWABLE STRESSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

SECTION 4 SPECIAL DESIGN RULES

4.1 COMBINED AXIAL LOAD AND BENDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
4.2 TORSION AND SHEAR IN TUBES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4.3 TORSION AND BENDING IN OPEN SHAPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4.4 COMBINED SHEAR, COMPRESSION AND BENDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4.5 HORIZONTAL STIFFENERS FOR WEBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
4.6 VERTICAL STIFFENERS FOR SHEAR WEBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
4.7 EFFECTS OF LOCAL BUCKLING ON MEMBER PERFORMANCE . . . . . . . 48
4.8 FATIGUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.9 COMPRESSION IN SINGLE WEB BEAMS AND BEAMS
HAVING SECTIONS CONTAINING TUBULAR PORTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
4.10 COMPRESSION IN ELASTICALLY SUPPORTED FLANGES . . . . . . . . . . . 62

SECTION 5 MECHANICAL CONNECTIONS

5.1 BOLTED AND RIVETED CONNECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
5.2 METAL STITCHING STAPLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
5.3 SELF TAPPING SCREW CONNECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

SECTION 6 FABRICATION
6.1 LAYING OUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
6.2 CUTTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
6.3 HEATING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
6.4 PUNCHING, DRILLING AND REAMING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
6.5 RIVETING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
6.6 PAINTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
6.7 CLEANING AND TREATMENT OF METAL SURFACES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
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SECTION 7 WELDED CONSTRUCTION

7.1 ALLOWABLE STRESSES FOR WELDED MEMBERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
7.2 FILLER WIRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
7.3 MEMBERS WITH LONGITUDINAL WELDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
7.4 MEMBERS WITH TRANSVERSE WELDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
7.5 WELDING FABRICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

SECTION 8 TESTING
8.1 SCOPE AND GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . ........... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
8.2 TEST REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . ........... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
8.3 TESTS FOR DETERMINING MATERIAL PROPERTIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
8.4 PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
8.5 REPORTING OF TEST RESULTS . . . . . ........... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
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Australian / New Zealand Standard

Aluminium structures

Part 2: Allowable stress design

S E C T I O N 1 G E N E R A L

1.1 SCOPE This Standard specifies requirements for the design of aluminium alloy
load carrying members and elements. The allowable stress design (ASD) criteria are
intended as an alternative to the limit state design (LSD) criteria (see AS 1664.1). One
design specification (ASD or LSD) applies throughout the design of a single structure.

1.2 MATERIALS The principal materials to which these specifications apply are
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aluminium alloys that comply with AS 1734, AS 1865, AS 1866, AS 1867 and
AS 2848.1. Those structural members frequently used are listed in Table 3.3(A).

1.3 SAFETY FACTORS

1.3.1 Building type structures Basic allowable tensile stresses for buildings, structural
supports for highway signs, luminaires, traffic signals and similar structures shall be the
lesser of the minimum yield strength divided by a factor of safety of 1.65, or the
minimum ultimate tensile strength divided by a factor of safety of 1.95. Other allowable
stresses for buildings and similar structures shall be based upon the factors of safety
shown in Table 3.4(A).
1.3.2 Bridge type structures Basic allowable tensile stresses for bridge type structures
shall be the lesser of the minimum yield strength divided by a factor of safety of 1.85, or
the minimum ultimate tensile strength divided by a factor of safety of 2.2. Other
allowable stresses for bridge and similar structures shall be based upon the factors of
safety shown in Table 3.4(A).
1.3.3 Other type structures Where it is customary or standard practice to use factors
of safety other than those given in Clauses 1.3.1 or 1.3.2, the general formulas in
Table 3.4(C) shall be permitted to be used with the desired factors of safety substituted
for nu, ny or na.

1.4 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS The following documents are referred to in this

Standard:
AS
1170 Minimum design loads on structures (known as the SAA Loading Code)
1170.1 Part 1: Dead and live loads and load combinations
1170.2 Part 2: Wind loads
1170.3 Part 3: Snow loads
1170.4 Part 4: Earthquake loads
1391 Methods for tensile testing of metals
AS/NZS
1664 Aluminium structures
1664.1 Part 1: Limit state design
1664.2 Supplement 1, Part 2: Allowable stress design Commentary

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