ALPOLIC/fr Panel Strength Calculation

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1. Calculation basis
- Panel thickness & type: t 4 mm 405
- Panel size: long side (a) 3000 mm
short side (b) 1500 mm
- Supporting condition: < 4-side simply supported >
- 0.2% proof stress of aluminium skin of ALPOLIC/fr (3105-H14) 152 N/mm2
- Permissible stress of ALPOLIC/fr: 126 N/mm2
- Wind load (Working load): W= 1.2 kPa
= 1200.0 * 10-6 N/mm2

2. Calculation of bending stress & deflection without stiffener

[Bending stress]
2 2
- Formula of bending stress: σAP = β*W*b /t
where,
- a/b (long-short ratio): 2.00
- Coefficient β: 0.613
2
- t (square of apparent thickness): 9.25
2 2
- Bending stress: σAP = β*W*b /t
= 179 > 126 N/mm 2 N.A.

3. Calculation with stiffener

3-1 Calculation basis
- Stiffener size (by way of an example) 50 * 25 * t2 mm
- Material: Aluminium extrusion (A6063, T5)
- Permissible stress: 110 N/mm2
- Number of stiffener(s) per panel: 4
- Imposed load width per stiffener (B): 600 mm
- Span of stiffener (L) 1500 mm

Substructure

25
600
600

ALPOLIC t=4
3000
600

50
600

Stiffener
600

Stiffener 50 * 25 * t2

1500

- Supporting condition of stiffener Simply supported

- Elastic modulus: Stiffener (E1): 70000 N/mm2
ALPOLIC/fr (E2): 39815 N/mm2

3-2 Moment of inertia and section modulus

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 4 4
- Stiffener: I1 = 2.96 *10 mm
Z1 = 2.36 *10 mm3
3

- ALPOLIC: I2=B*(H3–h3)/12= 0.185 *104 mm4

Z2=B*(H3–h3)/6H= 0.925 *103 mm3
where, B= 600 mm
H= 4 mm
h= 3 mm
4 4
- Stiffener+ALPOLIC: I = I1 + I2 = 3.145 *10 mm

3-3 Bending stress

- Bending moment: M = W*B*L2/8 = 202500 N･mm

Stiffener’s share: M1 = M*I1/(I1+I2)= 190588 N･mm

ALPOLIC’s share: M2 = M*I2/(I1+I2)= 11912 N･mm

- Bending stress:
Stiffener σ1max = M1/Z1 = 80.8 < 110 N/mm 2 OK
ALPOLIC σ2max = M2/Z2 = 12.9 < 126 N/mm 2
OK

3-4 Deflection at stiffener center

- Bending rigidity of stiffener: E1I1= 207200 *104 N･mm2
- Bending rigidity of ALPOLIC: E2I2= 7366 *104 N･mm2
- ΣEI: E1I1 + E2I2 = 214566 *104 N･mm2
- Deflection (panel with stiffener)
δ max = 5*W*B*L4/(384*ΣEI) = 22.1 mm (d/L = 1/67.8)

3-5 Calculation of flat area between stiffeners

[Bending stress]
- Panel size: long side (a) 1500 mm
short side (b) 600 mm
- a/b 2.50
- Coefficient β: 0.690
- t2 (square of apparent thickness): 9.25
2 2
- Bending stress: σAP = β*W*b /t
2
= 32 < 126 N/mm OK
[Deflection]
- Coefficient α: 0.128
- Eap* tap3: 2546040 N.mm
δAP = α*W*b /(Eap* tap3)
4
- Deflection:
= 7.8 mm (d/L = 1/192)

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