Table 3.5.2.0: (a). Material Specifications for

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5083 Aluminum Alloy

Specification	Form
AMS 4056	Bare sheet and plate
AMS-QQ-A-250/6	Bare sheet and plate
AMS-QQ-A-200/4	Extruded bar, rod, and shapes

The temper index for 5083 is as follows:

Section	Temper
3.5.2.1	O
3.5.2.2	H111
3.5.2.3	H112
3.5.2.4	H321
3.5.2.5	H323
3.5.2.6	H343

3.5.2.1 O Temper — Tensile and compressive stress-strain and tangent-modulus curves at room temperature are presented in Figures 3.5.2.1.6(a) and (b). A full-range tensile stress-strain curve is shown in Figure 3.5.2.1.6(c) at room temperature.

$\begin{aligned} L \\ L \\ F_{t y p} \\ L \\ L \\ F_{c y} \\ L \\ L \\ F_{s u} \\ F_{b r} \\ (\mathrm{e}) \\ (\mathrm{e}) \\ F_{b r} \\ (\mathrm{e}) \\ (\mathrm{e}) \\ e, \mathrm{P} \\ L \\ E, \\ E_{c}, \\ G, \\ \mu \\ \text { hys } \\ \omega, \\ C, \\ K, \\ \alpha,\end{aligned}$

Specification	AMS 4056 and AMS-QQ-A-250/6
	O							Sheet and plate
								H112
	0.051- 1.500		1.501- 3.000	3.001- 4.000	4.001- 5.000	5.001- 7.000	7.001- 8.000	0.250- 1.500	1.501- 3.000	0.188- 1.500		1.501- 3.000	0.051- 0.125		0.126- 0.249	0.051- 0.125	0.126- 0.249
	A	B	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	A	B	S	A	B	S	S	S
Form
Temper	O							H112		H321			H323			H343
Mechanical Properties:
Fuksi:
L	40	41	39	38	38	37	36	40	39	44	46	41	45	47	45	50	50
LT	40	41								44	46
Fksi:
L	18	19	17	16	16	15	14	18	17	31	32	29	34	36	34	39	39
LT	18	19								28	28
Fay, ksi:
L	18	19
LT		19
F Sup ksi	25	26
Fbru ksi:
(e/D= 1.5)	60	62
(e/D = 2.0)	76	78
Fbry, ksi:
(e/D = 1.5)	32	34			***
(e/D = 2.0)	38	40	BE
e, percent (S basis):
L	16		16	16	14	14	12	12	12	12		12	8		10	6	8
E, 10³ ksi									10.2
E, 10³ ksi									10.4
G, 10³ ksi									3.85
μ									0.33
Physical Properties:
w, lb/in.³									0.096
C, Btu/(lb)(°F)	0.23 (at 212°F)
K, Btu/[(hr)(ft)(°F)/ft]								68 (at	77°F)
a, 10⁶ in./in./°F.								See Figure 3.5.2.0

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