Strength of #9 3/4" opening Expanded Metal

[MechEng13]

Forum Participants,

I am working on a project to get a walkway build around a test station and am having no luck finding the Strength on #9 3/4" opening Non Flattened Expanded metal. I would like to be able to find the deflection at different loads and with different spans to give the Team building it that warm fuzzy feeling. Any help or any questions I will appreciate and do my best to answer.

Thanks in Advance.

Alan M. Etzkorn
Product Develpment Engineer
Wabash National Corp.

http://www.wabashnational.com

 

[TVP]

Alan,

Do you require data on strength (stress) or stiffness (deflection)? I don't have either, but your question was unclear, which may affect the answers that you receive. Also, it seems like this would be more appropriate in one of the other forums (Structural Engineers?).

 

[MechEng13]

TVP

I would like to have both if anyone has them...I have been able to find the deflection up to #7 but that is as much as I can get. From Extrapolating the data on #7 EM I feel very comfortable with using the #9 EM but I need to be able to give the Builders that warm, Fuzzy feeling.

Thanks for the response.



Alan M. Etzkorn
Product Develpment Engineer
Wabash National Corp.

http://www.wabashnational.com

 

[EdStainless]

Do you mean like this?

http://amico-grating.com/catalog/exmet/p8-9.pdf

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Corrosion never sleeps, but it can be managed.

http://www.trenttube.com/Trent/tech_form.htm

 

[MechEng13]

EdStainless,

That is exactly the one I have printed out and used to extrapolate. Of course the guys building it don't get the same warm, Fuzzy that I can from that, they want to see it on paper.



Alan M. Etzkorn
Product Develpment Engineer
Wabash National Corp.

http://www.wabashnational.com

 

[MechEng13]

Ok Folks,

I am back looking for information on the above material. I need to determine load ratings for some shelving units that our company built for in house use and I cannot find any information pertaining to calculating Strength/Loading of Expanded Metal. I have been to the AMICO website but it only give deflection up to #7 Expanded metal and we have #9.

Anyone out there involved in the Manufacturing of Expanded Metal that can help me?



Alan M. Etzkorn
Project Develpment Engineer
Wabash National Corp.

http://www.wabashnational.com