2024-T3 Sheet: MIL-HDBK-5J Design Allowables

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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.

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

Factors in percent of the room-temperature allowable.

Stress-Strain Curves (Ramberg-Osgood)

ε = σ/E + 0.002 (σ/F_y)^n with the first band's A-basis yield strength and the exponent on file for it (the tension curve stops at F_tu).

Ramberg-Osgood design stress-strain curves at room temperature

Other 2024 Tables

• 2024-T3 Clad flat sheet and plate (Table 3.2.3.0(e))
• 2024-T3 Drawn tubing (Table 3.2.3.0(g))
• 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.