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C O N T E N T S<br />

I. FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3<br />

II. ALUMINIUM IN TRANSPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7<br />

1. One century of <strong>alum<strong>in</strong>ium</strong> <strong>in</strong> transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8<br />

2. Evolution of <strong>commercial</strong> <strong>vehicles</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />

3. Alum<strong>in</strong>ium applications and weight sav<strong>in</strong>gs . . . . . . . . . . . 13<br />

4. Today’s concerns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13<br />

III. WHY USING ALUMINIUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />

1. Short pay-back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />

2. Alum<strong>in</strong>ium performance properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18<br />

3. Environmental and social Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22<br />

4. On the road… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25<br />

IV. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />

1. Alum<strong>in</strong>ium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30<br />

2. Alum<strong>in</strong>ium chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32<br />

3. Alum<strong>in</strong>ium tippers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35<br />

4. Alum<strong>in</strong>ium tankers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37<br />

V. ALUMINIUM ALLOYS<br />

FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39<br />

1. Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40<br />

2. International product designation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41<br />

3. Basic temper designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42<br />

4. Subdivisions of H temper designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42<br />

5. Subdivision of T temper designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43<br />

6. Typical alloys for <strong>commercial</strong> <strong>vehicles</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44<br />

7. Influence of temperature on mechanical properties . . . . 50<br />

8. Influence of fabrication on the properties of the alloys . 52<br />

9. List of standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55<br />

VI. DESIGN AND CALCULATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57<br />

1. Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58<br />

2. Possibilities with <strong>alum<strong>in</strong>ium</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58<br />

3. Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58<br />

4. Alum<strong>in</strong>ium versus Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59<br />

5. Limit state design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62<br />

6. Serviceability limit state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64<br />

7. Ultimate limit state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64<br />

8. Fatigue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76<br />

9. Special design issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86<br />

10. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

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