Aluminium structures have slowly begun to take their place in modern engineering practice as a suitable material for building structures. However, the mechanical properties of aluminium at normal and high temperature are relatively unknown due to large number of available alloys on the market. High-temperature behaviour of aluminium alloys is especially important to explore due to fast degradation of aluminium’s mechanical properties when exposed to temperatures up to 400°C. The paper presents constant stress-rate and stationary creep tests conducted on aluminium alloy EN6082AW T6 and analyses its performance with respect to common fire resistance intervals. The paper also presents an insight into ongoing research project concerning mechanical and creep properties of mentioned aluminium alloy, from which the presented data stems from.

Civil engineering