About polycarbonate sheet bending

What is polycarbonate sheet?

Polycarbonate sheet (also known as PC board, polycarbonate solid board) is made of high-performance engineering plastic polycarbonate resin.

Features:

impact-resistant, unbreakable, hundreds of times stronger than tempered glass and acrylic board, tough and safe, anti-theft, and bulletproof.

Arched and bendable:

good processability, strong plasticity, can be bent into arches, semicircles and other styles according to the actual needs of the construction site. The widest endurance board can be 3 meters wide and any length, and can also be made into U-shaped endurance boards to effectively improve the problem of thermal expansion and contraction.

Notes on bending of polycarbonate sheets:

When a polycarbonate sheet fixed in a frame is subjected to heavy loads, it can produce wave-like deformation along its width axis and the polycarbonate sheet wall will buckle. This is called elastic buckling because once the load is removed, the sheet will return to its original state without causing any permanent damage.

If we continue to increase the load level, the sheet will deflect until it eventually buckles (plastic buckling) causing permanent damage to the sheet. The point at which a sheet deflects when it bends is called the buckling deflection and it is a function of the geometry of the sheet and the amount of material it contains. Under long term loading, a sheet may initially bend to a depth that does not cause the sheet to buckle (either elastic or plastic), but under constant loading, creep effects can cause the deflection to increase over time, which can eventually lead to buckling failure.

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