rossrs Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Might be handy for people wanting to make their own chassis Comparison of material bending stiffness relative to weight and thickness; Panels of the following are of equal bending stiffness Steel Rel. Weight: 1 Rel. Thickness: 1 6Al-4V Ti Rel. Weight: 0.65 Rel. Thickness: 1.22 Aluminium Rel. Weight: 0.48 Rel. Thickness: 1.44 Magnesium Rel. Weight: 0.36 Rel. Thickness: 1.66 Aramid fibre + epoxy Rel. Weight: 0.31 Rel. Thickness: 1.88 E-glass + epoxy Rel. Weight: 0.55 Rel. Thickness: 2.29 5 ply Douglas fir (wood) Rel. Weight: 0.21 Rel. Thickness: 2.97 Aramaid/Rohacell sandwich Rel. Weight: 0.09 Rel. Thickness: 3.83 Carbon/Al honeycombl sandwich Rel. Weight: 0.04 Rel. Thickness: 3.09 Ross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tt-01 mamba Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 Nice idea! Have you got any specs for different types of aluminium? like 7075T6, 6061T6 and 6082T6? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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