The ASMD web-based database allows the user to instantly see the properties and relationships for over 220 metal alloys with over 80,000 different property combinations. This user-friendly interface enables ASMD subscribers to quickly select and compare the attributes of the alloys they are looking for.
Built into the database is the Commercial and Alternated Designations spreadsheet with corresponding materials and a searchable PDF handbook. The searchable PDF of the Aerospace Structural Metals Handbook includes additional hundreds of pages of searchable information relative to the Alloy Groups in the database.
The PDF also includes:Abbreviations
Cross Index
Fracture Properties
Si Conversion Factors and Tables
Aerospace Structural Metals Database (ASMD) was fully developed by The Center for Information and Numerical Data Analysis and Synthesis (CINDAS) The database was completed and released under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the United States Air Force Materials Directorate at Wright Patterson Air Force Base.
The basis for this web-based, searchable database is the widely used and highly respected Aerospace Structural Metals Handbook (ASMH).
Finding Information
Search: Enter the full or partial name of the property or material.
Browse: Use the drop-down menu to find the property or material.
The Aerospace Structural Metals Database contains 220 metals alloys in 20 metal groups and 540 properties in 20 property groups.
Customizing Information
Select: the range of the desired property.
Select: the independent variable and the independent variable range.
Viewing Information
ASMD allows the user to view a property of multiple materials on one graph.
Step 1: Select Materials
Step 2: Select Data Curves or Test Conditions
The user can click on the “Show Text” button to see the test description, data points, references, and more.
Results: Graphic and Numeric
The user can display multiple color-coded data curves on one graph for a selected substances.
A grid appears as well. The ranges of x and y variables on the graph can be changed for the data curves.
Property Groups*
The ASMD contains approximately 540 different properties. These properties are separated into 20 easy-to-navigate property groups. Alternatively, you can search the property groups using keywords that would bring you directly to the property you are seeking.
Content of Component, Phase - 20 Properties
Corrosion, Oxidation, Weight Change - 41 Properties
Electrical and Nuclear Properties - 22 Properties
Length, Thickness, Diameter, Size, Grain Size - 21 Properties
Mechanical Properties :
Crack, Toughness, Intensity - 37 Properties
Creep - 18 Properties
Fatigue, Crack - 21 Properties
Hardness - 14 Properties
Impact, Energy - 17 Properties
Modulus - 11 Properties
Strain, Deformation, Strain Rate, Area Reduction - 48 Properties
Strength - 26 Properties
Strength, Relative/Ratio - 34 Properties
Stress - 25 Properties
Others - 20 Properties
Temperatures - 17 Properties
Thermophysical Properties - 23 Properties
Thermal Radiative Properties - 8 Properties
Time, Life - 22 Properties
Others - 55 Properties
Material Groups*
The ASMD contains approximately 220 different materials. These materials are separated into 20 materials groups. The ASMD can also be searched using the material's full or partial name. If the full name is used to search, the search will bring the user directly to the material. If a partial name is used, the search will return the closest matches.
Age Hardening Steels - 13 Materials
Aluminum Alloys; Cast - 4 Materials
Aluminum Alloys; Wrought, Heat Treatable - 26 Materials
Aluminum Alloys; Wrought, Not Heat Treatable - 4 Materials
Austenitic Stainless Steels - 13 Materials
Beryllium And Molybdenum Alloys - 6 Materials
Carbon And Low Alloy Steels - 1 Material
Cobalt Base Alloys - 8 Materials
Columbium (Niobium) Alloys - 6 Materials
Ferritic Stainless Steels; Non-Martensitic - 1 Material
Magnesium Alloys; Cast - 10 Materials
Magnesium Alloys; Wrought, Heat Treatable - 7 Materials
Magnesium Alloys; Wrought, Not Heat Treatable - 4 Materials
Martensitic Stainless Steels - 8 Materials
Nickel Base Alloys (<5%) - 19 Materials
Nickel Base Alloys (>5% Co) - 20 Materials
Nickel Chromium Steels - 14 Materials
Tantalum, Tungsten - 8 Mateirials
Titanium Alloys - 23 Materials
Ultra High Strength Steels - 24 Materials
*CINDAS updates thier databases on a regular basis, and therefore lists given on this page may not be complete.