Abstract:
For many years, strength of material have been a topic of analysis but the demand to
have further knowledge about this topic is remains important especially for aluminium
alloy. Increasing usage of aluminium alloy nowadays has made the research about
aluminium become more important. This research is about tensile strength of
aluminium plate for different slenderness. Aluminium alloy 5083-Hl 16 is used in this
investigation since it is the common aluminium used in marine structures. This
research involving three different size of tensile coupon which gives different
slenderness ratio. The method used to investigate tensile strength of aluminium is by
simulation program, ABAQUS. Using ABAQUS software, model can be developed
using finite element method to predict the tensile strength. The data of tensile stress is
compared with the experimental data from previous research to know the reliability of
simulation program. In addition, this research also studies about damage and failure of
aluminium alloy. Comparison is made between the prediction with and without
damage criteria.
