6061-T651 and T62 Plate: 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.

Moduli at temperature

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 6061 Tables

• 6061-T4 Drawn tube (Table 3.6.2.0(c))
• 6061-T4 Rolled, drawn, or cold-finished rod and special shapes (Table 3.6.2.0(d))
• 6061-T4 Sheet (Table 3.6.2.0(b))
• 6061-T4, T4510, / and T4511 Extruded rod, bar, and shapes (Table 3.6.2.0(g))
• 6061-T42 Drawn tube (Table 3.6.2.0(c))
• 6061-T42 Extruded rod, bar, and shapes (Table 3.6.2.0(g))
• 6061-T42 Plate (Table 3.6.2.0(b))
• 6061-T42 Rolled, drawn, or cold-finished rod and special shapes (Table 3.6.2.0(d))
• 6061-T42 Sheet (Table 3.6.2.0(b))
• 6061-T451 Plate (Table 3.6.2.0(b))
• 6061-T451 Rolled, drawn, or cold-finished rod and special shapes (Table 3.6.2.0(d))
• 6061-T6 Rolled, drawn, or cold-finished rod and special shapes (Table 3.6.2.0(d))
• 6061-T6 and T62 Sheet (Table 3.6.2.0(b))
• 6061-T6 and T652 Die forging (Table 3.6.2.0(e))
• 6061-T6, T6510, and T6511 Extruded rod, bar, and shapes (Table 3.6.2.0(g))
• 6061-T62 Extruded rod, bar, and shapes (Table 3.6.2.0(g))
• 6061-T62 Rolled, drawn, or cold-finished rod and special shapes (Table 3.6.2.0(d))
• 6061-T651 Rolled, drawn, or cold-finished rod and special shapes (Table 3.6.2.0(d))
• 6061-T6a and T652 Hand forging (Table 3.6.2.0(f))
• 6061-T6b and T62 Drawn tube (Table 3.6.2.0(c))

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.