his 2015 updated Knovel Aluminum Database is a comprehensive summary of mechanical, physical, and chemical properties of both wrought and a wide variety of types of cast aluminum alloys. The values are "typical," as used in aluminum industry publications, to represent the average or mean and not any statistically calculated values intended for design.
New tables have been added to this valuable reference: Tables 13a and 13b - Published Average and Minimum Values of Plane Strain Fracture Toughness KIc for Wrought Aluminum Alloys (US Customary Units and Metric Units, respectively) ; Table 14 - Resistance of Aluminum Alloys to Stress Corrosion Cracking and Exfoliation Corrosion; Tables 15a and 15b - Estimated Typical and Minimum Cross-Weld Mechanical Properties of Weldments in Aluminum Alloys (US Customary Units and Metric Units, respectively); Table 16 - Comparative Characteristics of Cast Aluminum Alloys; and Table 17 - Comparative Characteristics of Wrought Aluminum Alloys.
The most important properties of the aluminum alloys included in the database are: Estimated minimum mechanical properties such as ultimate tensile strength, elongation, compressive yield strength, typical elastic moduli in tension, shear, and compression; Fatigue properties such as fatigue strength and endurance limit; Creep and tensile properties such as rupture stress and creep stress; Fracture parameters such as unit propagation energy, plane strain fracture toughness, and relative critical crack-size index. Also included is a variety of physical and chemical properties of aluminum alloys as well as information on their typical industrial applications.
The sources for the properties compiled in the Knovel Aluminum Alloy Database are a representative group of authoritative aluminum industry data collections, most importantly those from The Aluminum Association, ASM International, The American Foundryman’s Society, the Diecasting Development Council, and the NonFerrous Founders Society. Actual data values from these authoritative sources were selected and compiled by the author, a well-known expert in the field of aluminum alloys and their applications. Final product testing emphasizes data integrity to sources and consistency with data models and leverages the skill sets of our team resources.