ALUMINUM ALLOYS AND BEHAVIOR UNDER CYCLIC LOADING IN JOINTS OF TRUSS STRUCTURES

Aluminum is the second most widely specified metal in building after steel, and is used in all sectors from commercial building to domestic dwelling. This paper contains overview of use of aluminum in building construction, specifically in connections of trust elements. This paper also contains the properties of aluminum alloys, setup of testing, advantages and no advantages under the cyclic loads. The used properties parameters during the testing are compared with the parameters given by the manufacturer, the standards of the European Aluminum Association and Eurocode 9. Testing of the models was performed on a hydraulic press (pulsator), Amsler''.The behaviour of join was focused in long period during the testing to analyze the failure mode and to compare with dynamic factor using in analytical method using during the experiment.