List of ACI Products
Quasi-isotropic Sandwich panel Flexural Stiffness diagram. The reader must note that
the composite panel stiffnesses are singled valued due to the fixed value of thickness.
      CFCP001
CFCP001
CFCP001
CFCP001
      1000A
1000A
2000A
2000A
Thickness
Aluminium
Steel
Q08
Q16
Q08
Q16
inches
lb.in^2
lb.in^2
lb.in^2
lb.in^2
lb.in^2
lb.in^2
0.1875
6,368
17,115
       
0.25
15,095
40,568
       
0.5
120,764
324,547
       
0.75
407,577
1,095,347
       
1
966,109
2,596,378
       
1,25
    343,971
     
1.37
      753,108
   
2.25
        1,208,372
 
2.37
          2,512,722
Table of Flexural Stiffness values for Aluminum, Steel, and Quasi-Isotropic Composite
Panels and Plates
Aluminum Plate, 1 inch thick, subject to
bending has a flexural stiffness, D,
966,109 lb.in^2, and a weight 14.5 lbs/ft^2
Steel Plate, 1 inch thick, subject to
bending has a flexural stiffness, D,
2,596,378 lb.in^2, and a weight 40
lbs/ft^2
Quasi-Isotropic [0/45/-45/90] carbon
fiber skinned foam core Panel, 1.25
inch thick, subject to bending has a
flexural stiffness, D, 343,971 lb.in^2,
and a weight 2.6 lbs/ft^2
Bi-Directional [0/90] carbon fiber
skinned foam core Panel, 1.18 inch
thick, subject to bending has a flexural
stiffness, D, 332,369 lb.in^2, and a
weight 2.1 lbs/ft^2
      CFCP001
CFCP001
CFCP001
CFCP001
      1000A
1000A
2000A
2000A
Thickness
Aluminium
Steel
B04
B08
B04
B08
inches
lb.in^2
lb.in^2
lb.in^2
lb.in^2
lb.in^2
lb.in^2
0.1875
6,368
17,115
       
0.25
15,095
40,568
       
0.5
120,764
324,547
       
0.75
407,577
1,095,347
       
1
966,109
2,596,378
       
1,25
    332,569
     
1.37
      557,423
   
2.25
        1,200,366
 
2.37
          1,958,231
Bi-Directional Sandwich panel Flexural Stiffness diagram. The reader must note that
the composite plate stiffnesses are singled valued due to the fixed value of thickness.
Table of Flexural Stiffness values for Aluminum, Steel, and Bi-Directional Composite
Panels and Plates
ACI developed materials
Composite Sandwich Panel
Composite Sandwich Panel
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