EP0484502A1 - Method for structural attachment of polycarbonate plastic sheet to supporting strength members and assembly utilizing same. - Google Patents
Method for structural attachment of polycarbonate plastic sheet to supporting strength members and assembly utilizing same.Info
- Publication number
- EP0484502A1 EP0484502A1 EP91910458A EP91910458A EP0484502A1 EP 0484502 A1 EP0484502 A1 EP 0484502A1 EP 91910458 A EP91910458 A EP 91910458A EP 91910458 A EP91910458 A EP 91910458A EP 0484502 A1 EP0484502 A1 EP 0484502A1
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- Prior art keywords
- attachment
- polycarbonate sheet
- polycarbonate
- strip
- attachment strip
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Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D88/00—Large containers
- B65D88/02—Large containers rigid
- B65D88/12—Large containers rigid specially adapted for transport
- B65D88/14—Large containers rigid specially adapted for transport by air
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D88/00—Large containers
- B65D88/16—Large containers flexible
- B65D88/22—Large containers flexible specially adapted for transport
- B65D88/24—Large containers flexible specially adapted for transport by air
Definitions
- This invention pertains to a method and apparatus by which a metal structural element and a polycarbonate sheet are attached together under torque by means of an attachment strip. It is believed that the invention will find at least a first primary use in air cargo containers wherein polycarbonate sheets are used as the siding or "skin" of the containers and must withstand handling stresses, significant temperature cycling, and, in the event of rapid acceleration or deceleration of the aircraft, shifting cargo which can be thrown under great force against the sides of the container.
- Prior Art One of the oldest tasks known to man is how best to transport his possessions from one place to another. From the very first crude bags made of animal hide to the space shuttle, man has been engaged in a continuous attempt to develop means to transport cargo farther, faster, safer, cheaper and easier.
- the skin In construction and at rest, the skin is usually stressed in shear (meaning along the plane of the sheet rather than perpendicular to it) , as are the attachment means.
- the holes in the sheets and frame are formed as close to the diameter of the fasteners as is practical to make the structure as rigid as possible. Clearance between the holes and the fasteners creates "slop" between the parts and therefore reduces the rigidity of the structure as relative movement between the sheet and frame create a "loose,” and therefore weak, assembly.
- the ideal fasteners completely fill the holes in the parts they bring together without “slop", as that creates a structure in which the sheets are stressed in shear when the frames are stressed as a single unit, and is therefore stronger.
- the air cargo container will also be subjected to hoop tension or stress (i.e. , perpendicular to its plane) as when the skins must restrain moving cargo.
- hoop tension or stress i.e. , perpendicular to its plane
- the cargo moves against the skins of the container which are thusly stressed in hoop tension which is transferred to the frame, then to the floor locks, then to the floor of the aircraft and eventually to the airplane itself.
- the skin material of the container must be able to withstand both significant shear stress and hoop tension.
- the ideal air cargo container is light in weight, low in cost and capable of withstanding not only the stress encountered inflight, but also the day-to-day rigors of service — i.e.. cargo crates being thrown against the walls, being bumped and jostled — all without being damaged.
- the best prior art devices used aluminum frames and skins with the sections being riveted together to form a rigid assembly. Rivets were preferably used to eliminate the "slop" between rivet shanks and the holes formed for the rivets, as rivets are "holefilling" (i.e. expand to fill the hole) . Containers so made give good useful service, as the structures are rigid, are reasonably light in weight and low in cost.
- Polycarbonate sheet has many unique qualities making its use desirable in many industrial applications. It is transparent. It can be struck heavily without being dented, torn or broken. This is because of the material's very low modulus of elasticity; the energy from a potentially damage-inducing blow is absorbed by the sheet without damage as though it were a rubber diaphragm. Hence, polycarbonate plastic sheet would theoretically be an ideal replacement for the aluminum skins. Its transparency would allow the contents of the container to be viewed. It is light in weight, only slightly more costly than the aluminum alloys used and capable of accepting the rough rigors of service without being dented or torn, as it is much more resistant to tearing or denting than is aluminum of comparable thickness and weight.
- the polycarbonate has substantial drawbacks to its use, however, which until now rendered it not feasible for use as a structural element and certainly not as the skin in a monocoque structure such as an air cargo container.
- One such drawback is its very high coefficient of thermal expansion, .000037 inches per inch per degree Fahrenheit. This compares to .000013 for aluminum or .0000063 for steel. If the monocoque structure, the air cargo container for example, must operate in the temperature range of -40°F to + 140 ⁇ F, as occurs in the air cargo container's service environment (at 30,000 feet versus in the plane's fuselage, on the tarmac, in the hot, desert sun) , a typical air cargo-sized panel which is 120 inches between rivet centers when the panel was manufactured at an ambient temperature of 50°F will be 120.4 inches in length (120 inches x 90°F temperature differential x .000037 coefficient) when the temperature is 140°F and 119.6 inches in length when the temperature is -40°F.
- the distance between rivet centers of the aluminum structure will be 120.14 inches at 140"F and 119.86 at -40°F as the coefficient of linear expansion for aluminum is far less.
- conventional wisdom has in the past dictated that in order for the polycarbonate sheet to be compatible within this type environment the holes would have to be oversized in diameter (or slotted) by .26 inches (120.4 - 120.14 + 119.86 - 119.6) on each side of the panel, allowing for a differential expansion between the polycarbonate sheet and the aluminum frame of .52 inches total.
- the resultant structure would, however, be at a severe disadvantage compared to its all-aluminum counterpart.
- the looseness or "slop" of the fasteners in the holes would prevent the sheet and the frame from acting as a load-sharing single unit. Therefore air cargo containers using polycarbonate sheets and conventional attachment means would have to bear the shear loads in the frame alone, which would have to be made larger in order to be stronger, and would therefore be excessively heavy.
- Another disadvantage of the polycarbonate which has heretofore prevented its use in air cargo containers is its very low bearing strength, 12,500 psi compared to 100,000 psi for the aluminum alloys used for air cargo container sheets. In other words, the polycarbonate is one-eighth as strong in bearing.
- the polycarbonate skin would have to be attached to the frame at many more locations than is necessary with aluminum skins. This would mean higher costs for the fasteners and the labor for installation, in addition to the heavy, costly frame structures. The resultant structure would be too heavy and costly to compete with the all-aluminum container.
- a cracked polycarbonate sheet is non-serviceworthy as once cracked, the cracks spread very easily.
- One crack and the part must be taken out of service. If the residual operational stresses are kept low, for example, under 2000 psi, and the materials are kept free of "crazing agents," the material is relatively free of this incipient cracking problem.
- polycarbonate has heretofore been restricted to applications where it "floats" in its frame, as in signs and aircraft windows, and has not been used as a genuine structural component.
- the means and methods displayed for attaching the sheets specify loosely torqued bolts in oversized holes with a silicone cushion.
- polycarbonate sheet material has not heretofore proven to be an acceptable substitute for the aluminum "skin" on a monocoque airline cargo structure because no acceptable means for attaching the polycarbonate to the aluminum frame was known.
- the polycarbonate can be attached to the metal structural elements in a non- slip manner which does not induce cracking or crazing of the polycarbonate.
- the means of attachment comprises having the polycarbonate sheet overlap the metal structural member by a substantial amount to create an attachment area.
- the device of this invention uses an attachment strip which is essentially a u-shaped channel member having a width not substantially less than the width of the attachment area and which extends substantially the entire length of the attachment area. Conventional bolt or rivet means are used to attach this assembly together under sufficient torque to prevent slippage.
- the bolting strip is flexed slightly in the untorqued condition, the face of which is then brought flush against the polycarbonate sheet in the torqued condition.
- This invention solves each of the aforementioned drawbacks which had previously prevented the use of polycarbonate sheets as a structural element; such as the skin in commercial air cargo containers.
- the strength of the resultant assembly is the sum of the strength of the sheet in bearing and the friction induced by the clamping.
- the force of clamping is spread over a broad area, not just under the fastener (as under the washer of a bolted joint or under the rivet head in a riveted joint) such that the joint is protected from high incipient stress levels and consequent cracking due to crazing from stresses and crazing agents.
- the large attachment strip spreads the attachment force over a large area and hence provides sufficient friction
- the holes through which the bolts or rivets are inserted in the sheets can be over-sized so as eliminate the possiblility of creating excessively high localized stress levels within the hole itself.
- the assembly still works as a single unit sharing the stresses, as does the riveted all-aluminum structure, wherein the sheets are stressed in shear and hoop tension and the frame in bearing.
- the strength due to friction is substantial, fewer fasteners are required for the clamping system than for an exactly comparable all-aluminum structure, therefore reducing the costs of assembly.
- this invention also overcomes the drawback inherent in the great difference between the coefficient of thermal expansion of the polycarbonate sheet and the aluminum frame. Specifically, it was found that the high clamping forces achieved with this invention hold the polycarbonate sheet so tightly in the frame that when the temperature is reduced the sheets do not shorten. Instead, as the temperature drops, the sheets pull inwardly, but the clamps are sufficiently tight to prevent slippage and the sheets become stretched tightly in the frame structure as a head of a drum and the sheet thickness actually gets thinner rather than the overall length of the sheet reducing! The low elastic modulus of the the polycarbonate permits the tightening of the sheet in the frame without pulling loose from the clamped assembly of this invention.
- Figure 1 is a plan view showing the polycarbonate sheet assembled to the metal structural member.
- Figure 2 is a cross-section, taken along line 2-2 in
- Figure 3 is a similar cross-sectional view, showing the alternate embodiment of the bolting strip, here in the untorqued or flexed position.
- Figure 4 shows the alternate embodiment of the bolting strip in Figure 3, but in the torqued position.
- Figure 5 shows an air cargo container in which polycarbonate sheets are rigidly attached as the skin and as a structural component using the attachment strip assembly depicted in Figures 1 and 2.
- the components of the attachment means are the structural metal member 10 (it can be either steel or aluminum preferably) ; the polycarbonate sheet 12; the attachment strip 14 (preferably of the same material as the member 10) ; and the rivets or bolts 16, which are inserted through approximately-sized (so as to avoid intra-hole stress) holes 18.
- the structural member 10 is commonly L-shaped and will have another polycarbonate sheet 10 (not shown) attached to its opposite side.
- the polycarbonate panel 12 is caused to overlap a portion of the structural member 10, such that an attachment area (as defined in Figure 1 by the area bounded on the top by line 20, on the bottom by line 22, on the left by line 24 and on the right by line 26) is created.
- Figure 1 is "cut-away" on the top and bottom. The actual assembly extends for a considerable distance and the area of overlap and hence the attachment area will also continue for substantially the entire length of the polycarbonate sheet 12.
- the first embodiment of the attachment strip 14 as shown in Figure 2 is, in both the torqued and untorqued condition, planar on all major surfaces, and has a channel 28 formed centrally on the side adjacent to the polycarbonate sheet 12, such that legs 30 are created. This is provided to relieve and distribute the compressive stresses resulting from the torquing of the bolt or rivet 16. Instead on being concentrated under the bolt or rivet head, substantial contact areas are provided not only adjacent to the rivet, but also linearly therebetween. If the rivet 16 were attached directly to the polycarbonate sheet 12 (in other words, without the attachment strip 14) , the compressive forces under the rivet head would extend outwardly to about 5/8-inch in diameter.
- the entire compressive force would therefore be concentrated upon approximately 2.58 square inches of the polycarbonate sheet. If the rivet 16 is tightened to a torque of approximately 48 inch-pounds (which is typical with some air cargo containers) ; the resultant force on the polycarbonate sheet is 2,976 pounds per square inch. This amount of stress is very prone to cause crazing. If, using this invention on the other hand, the legs 30 of the attachment strip 14 are each 3/8-inch wide, and the rivets 16 are affixed on 2 1/2-inch centers, the effective area under compression for each rivet 16 is approximately 1.875 square inches which results in a stress of 410 pounds per square inch. This amount of stress does not promote crazing.
- the torque on the rivets 16 could be increased to 96 inch-pounds which, with the attachment means here described, would result only in 622 pounds per square inch of stress on the polycarbonate sheet 12. There would not be a danger of crazing at this stress level since polycarbonate is susceptible to crazing in the presence of crazing agents at stress levels over 1,000 per square inch tension or compression.
- the alternate embodiment of the attachment strip is depicted in cross-section.
- the strip is pre-formed in a flexed or concave shape.
- a central channel 42 is formed on its underside to create legs 44.
- the torque forces pressing downward on the upper portion of the strip 40 will cause it to straighten, bringing legs 44 flush against the sheet 12, and accordingly provide uniform compression loads over the entire attachment area, as shown in Figure 4.
- This alternate embodiment is used when the torque loads are high and the strips are made thin to save cost and weight. If the higher torque loads were applied to a thin, flat strip, there is danger of stress concentration on the inner edges of channel 42.
- This stress concentration could provide an uneven load on the polycarbonate sheet, thereby subjecting the sheet at certain points to increased stress and a possibility of crazing failure. It will be appreciated that with this invention the amount of torqued applied to the rivet should be closely controlled. The size of hole 18 should be sufficiently large ; and the torque on the rivet sufficiently low to prevent intra-hole stress.
- attachment strip assembly As mentioned, it is believed that the use of the attachment strip assembly previously described will find a first utility in monocoque air cargo containers, such as that shown in side view in Figure 5. It comprises the metal (preferably aluminum) base 50, to which a frame 52 of metal (preferably aluminum) structural members 54 are attached by conventional rivet, bolt or welding means (not shown) , and to which the polycarbonate sheets 56 are attached using the assembly described and shown above.
- the attachment strip 14 is shown in shadow.
- a door (not shown) is provided in the front panel section of the container. As can be seen, the packages in the container are visible through the polycarbonate sheet. Corner gussets 58 and cross-members 60 are added for strength and stability.
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US52704290A | 1990-05-22 | 1990-05-22 | |
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PCT/US1991/003577 WO1991017934A1 (en) | 1990-05-22 | 1991-05-21 | Method and apparatus for structural attachement of polycarbonate plastic sheet to supporting strength members and air cargo container utilizing same |
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EP (1) | EP0484502B1 (en) |
JP (1) | JP3236019B2 (en) |
AT (1) | ATE114600T1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU641523B2 (en) |
CA (1) | CA2063392C (en) |
DE (1) | DE69105459T2 (en) |
DK (1) | DK0484502T3 (en) |
ES (1) | ES2067936T3 (en) |
NO (1) | NO302410B1 (en) |
WO (2) | WO1991017934A1 (en) |
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