Technical courses

Design of Aluminium structures (in French)
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23  |  9:00 AM - 12:00 PM  |  Room 519B

Denis Beaulieu
Consultant & retired Professor
Université Laval, Québec, Canada

The objective of this course is to provide consulting engineers, professionals, technicians, instructors and students a first glance at the design of aluminium structures as well as extensive information on the main characteristics of structural aluminium. The course guides the participants through the most significant portions of the practical and theoretical developments of the reference book Design of aluminium Structures written by Dr. Denis Beaulieu.

This is the first book dealing with structural aluminium to be published in Canada. It adopts a pragmatic approach and offers engineers and technicians a practical tool for designing aluminium structures. It is supported with a number of numerical examples covering all the material. The book draws from the Canadian standard CAN/CSA S157-05, Strength Design in aluminium and from other Canadian, American and European standards and codes in order to broaden its contents.

DESIGN FOR ALUMINIUM IN LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES STRUCTURES (in english)
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23  |  2:00 pM - 5:00 PM  |  Room 518B

Alain Desrochers
Professor
Université de Sherbrooke

From an aluminium use perspective in the transportation industry, the course will present the aluminium types, their properties and applications, the assembly techniques, the forming processes as well as the applicable design criteria and their adaptation to vehicles. Case studies will provide an application framework comparing chassis and structural components both in steel and aluminium from a stiffness and strength viewpoints.

ALUMINIUM AND TRANSFORMATION (in french)
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23  |  2:00 pM - 5:00 PM  |  Room 519B

Maurice Duval
Scientific Director
The Aluminium Research and Development Centre of Quebec (CQRDA)

The objective of this course is to introduce and develop the participants' knowledge of the various processes of transformation of aluminium. Some specific aluminium assembly techniques will be presented.

The course is intended for engineers, designers, technicians, industry professionals and students. The basic principles of forming processes will be presented, supported by some theory and illustrated by numerous examples.