I bought a mesh outdoor table at an auction with the idea tocover it with mosaic tiles/glassNow-how do I do that??? I'm sure I will need something to apply the tiles to besides the mesh, but what, and how do I affix that to the mesh??? Thanx for your help!!
For bending you need to know the elastic modulus of Aluminum for steel the number is 29 E +6 lbs/in^2Aluminum is lessThat will determine the amount of deflectionYou need to be concerned with not only the stress limits but also the total allowable deflection.
Only if your loading is purely tensile can you just match tensile strength and be doneThough you might want to match yield strength, not UTSFor most material substitutions, you have to account for the difference in modulus of elasticity and the effect that has on the bending moments in the structureFor soft steel, you can easily find an aluminum alloy with equivalent strength, but the aluminum will only have about one third the rigidity of the steel.
