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2024-T3 Drawn tubing: MIL-HDBK-5J Design Allowables

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Material class	Aluminum
Alloy / temper / form	2024 / T3 / Drawn tubing
Specifications	AMS 4086 and WW-T-700/3
Handbook	MIL-HDBK-5J, 31 January 2003, section 3.2.3.0, Table 3.2.3.0(g) (pdf page 80 of the chapter file)
Dimension bands	1
Density	0.1 lb/in3

Design Mechanical and Physical Properties (room temperature)

As printed in the handbook table. Bases: A and B are statistical minimums (99 % and 90 % probability at 95 % confidence), S the specification minimum. Grain directions: L longitudinal, LT long transverse, ST short transverse.

Dimension band		0.018–0.500 in
Specification		AMS 4086 and WW-T-700/3
Basis		A	B
F_tu, ksi	L	64	66
F_ty, ksi	L	42	45
F_cy, ksi	L	42	45
F_su, ksi	L	39	40
F_bru (e/D = 1.5), ksi	L	96	99
F_bru (e/D = 2.0), ksi	L	122	126
F_bry (e/D = 1.5), ksi	L	59	63
F_bry (e/D = 2.0), ksi	L	67	72
E, Msi		10.5	10.5
E_c, Msi		10.7	10.7
G, Msi		4	4
ν		0.33	0.33
ρ, lb/in3		0.1	0.1

Effect of Temperature

Percent of the room-temperature value against temperature, digitized from the handbook figures (the shortest exposure of each figure, every 10 °F). Strength curves give the allowable at temperature; "after exposure" curves give the room-temperature property after a soak at that temperature.

Strength allowables at temperature, percent of room temperature

Moduli at temperature

Elongation and exposure effects

°F	F_tu	F_ty
-300	111.6	118.5
-200	105.3	108.3
-100	103	103.6
0	101.6	102
100	98.9	98.9
200	92.4	93.9
300	83.9	87.4
400	74.5	77.7
500	43.8	51.6
600	22.5	26.9
700	12	14
800		8

Factors in percent of the room-temperature allowable.

Other 2024 Tables

2024-T3 Clad flat sheet and plate (Table 3.2.3.0(e))
2024-T3 Sheet (Table 3.2.3.0(b))
2024-T3, T3510, and T3511 Extruded bar, rod, and shapes (Table 3.2.3.0(j))
2024-T351 Bar and rod; rolled, drawn, or cold-finished (Table 3.2.3.0(i))
2024-T351 Clad flat sheet and plate (Table 3.2.3.0(e))
2024-T351 Plate (Table 3.2.3.0(b))
2024-T361 Bar and rod; rolled, drawn, or cold-finished (Table 3.2.3.0(i))
2024-T361 Clad flat sheet and plate (Table 3.2.3.0(e))
2024-T361 Plate (Table 3.2.3.0(b))
2024-T361 Sheet (Table 3.2.3.0(b))
2024-T4 Bar and rod; rolled, drawn, or cold-finished (Table 3.2.3.0(i))
2024-T4 Clad coiled sheet (Table 3.2.3.0(e))
2024-T4 Coiled Sheet (Table 3.2.3.0(b))
2024-T42 Bar and rod; rolled, drawn, or cold-finished (Table 3.2.3.0(i))
2024-T42 Clad flat sheet and plate (Table 3.2.3.0(e))
2024-T42 Drawn tubing (Table 3.2.3.0(g))
2024-T42 Extruded bar, rod, and shapes (Table 3.2.3.0(j))
2024-T42 Flat Sheet and Plate (Table 3.2.3.0(b))
2024-T6 Bar and rod; rolled, drawn, or cold finished (Table 3.2.3.0(i))
2024-T62 Bar and rod; rolled, drawn, or cold finished (Table 3.2.3.0(i))
2024-T62 Clad flat sheet and plate (Table 3.2.3.0(e))
2024-T62 Flat Sheet and Plate (Table 3.2.3.0(b))
2024-T72 Clad flat sheet and plate (Table 3.2.3.0(e))
2024-T72 Flat Sheet and Plate (Table 3.2.3.0(b))
2024-T81 Clad flat sheet and plate (Table 3.2.3.0(e))
2024-T81 Drawn tubing (Table 3.2.3.0(g))
2024-T81 Sheet (Table 3.2.3.0(b))
2024-T81, T8510, and T8511 Extruded bar, rod, and shapes (Table 3.2.3.0(j))
2024-T851 Bar and rod; rolled, drawn, or cold finished (Table 3.2.3.0(i))
2024-T851 Clad flat sheet and plate (Table 3.2.3.0(e))
2024-T851 Plate (Table 3.2.3.0(b))
2024-T861 Clad flat sheet and plate (Table 3.2.3.0(e))
2024-T861 Plate (Table 3.2.3.0(b))
2024-T861 Sheet (Table 3.2.3.0(b))

Source and Use

U.S. Department of Defense (2003). Metallic Materials and Elements for Aerospace Vehicle Structures. MIL-HDBK-5J, 31 January 2003 (public domain). The values are the handbook's design allowables as extracted from the chapter tables; check the printed table before use in a certified analysis, and note that MIL-HDBK-5J was superseded by MMPDS, whose later editions may differ. No warranty is given.