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Design Guidelines for Artigra Sheets |
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Recommended Vertical Support
Vertical supports or bracing should be provided every 3 feet.
This will ensure that maximum deflection due to just the sheet weight is
restricted to less than 0.16 mm.
Artigra Sheets should be further supported at the bottom with a marine grade
plywood sheet or with wood polymer composite sheets. An 18 mm plywood
sheet is highly recommended. |
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Deflection Data for Artigra Sheets
Artigra Sheets have a Flexural Modulus of 8526 MPa. Its density is 1.74
g/cc and the standard width is 2'. A sheet thickness of 12 mm is
recommended for countertops. With this data and plugging it into the
structural equations for simple bending, with uniformly distributed dead load of
the sheet, we provide the following data for maximum deflection, i.e. bending of
the sheet. Note that the maximum deflection occurs at the center point
between the spans. |
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Span Length (ft) |
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Deflection (mm) |
0.00191 |
0.03058 |
0.15481 |
0.48928 |
1.19454 |
2.477 |
4.588 |
7.828 |
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