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SMART SHEET Lightweight, High-Rigidity Aluminum Panels
For significant weight reduction not achievable through simple material replacement
SMART SHEET®is an ultra-lightweight, high-rigidity aluminum alloy panel, designed by optimizing UACJ's computer aided engineering (CAE) analysis technology. With a weight around one fifth of that of a steel plate but the equivalent bending rigidity, it can be used as an alternative material to realize a significant weight saving—something that is otherwise difficult to achieve through simple material replacement.
- Features
- Results of Three-Point Bending Tests on the H Pattern
- Panel Mass Comparison When Bending Rigidity is Even
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Features
- Optimally designed panels realized by amassing UACJ’s computer aided engineering capabilities.
- Superior bending rigidity, surface stiffness, and torsional stiffness.
- Discrepancies in rigidity can be minimized through a bending orientation similar to regular corrugated panels.
- Can greatly improve energy absorption capacity.
Results of Three-Point Bending Tests on the H Pattern
Panel Mass Comparison When Bending Rigidity is Even
Steel sheet with a thickness of tmm
| Type | Sheet thickness (mm) | Density (Mg/m3) |
Comparative mass |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steel sheet | 1t | 7.8 | 1.0 |
| Aluminum sheet | 1.4t | 2.7 | 0.5 |
| SMART SHEET® lightweight, high-rigidity aluminum panel* |
0.6t | 2.7 | 0.2 |
Aluminum sheet with a thickness of tmm
| Type | Sheet thickness (mm) | Density (Mg/m3) |
Comparative mass |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steel sheet | 0.7t | 7.8 | 1.0 |
| Aluminum sheet | 1t | 2.7 | 0.5 |
| SMART SHEET® lightweight, high-rigidity aluminum panel* |
0.4t | 2.7 | 0.2 |
Note: The comparison was made using a forming depth of 10 x tmm when sheet thickness was tmm
*Calculation for high-rigidity panel used bending rigidity at a 45˚ orientation