Design of Aluminium Structures: Selection of Structural …

Aluminium alloys however have been developed with mechanical properties far in excess of those of the base material. ... of added foreign element and the hardening effect is not linear, as can be seen from Fig. 1 . Figure 1: Hardening effect as a function of the content of alloying element One of the elements which best suits the requirement to ...

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