Glass/Acrylic Thickness Calculations

[DFishFox]

Curious if this piece of glass would be useful:

108" x 42" x 3/4"

used/tested?

 

[James0816]

not sure how one would test it.

 

[DFishFox]

not sure how one would test it.

when I saw 42", initially I thought that's almost 4 feet of water. So asked if it has been proven to hold water almost 4 ft high. But with maybe 3" overlap top and bottom would put it at 3 ft high.

 

[James0816]

Definately would have like 3-4" top to bottom and then probably 6" on the sides.

 

[DFishFox]

Definately would have like 3-4" top to bottom and then probably 6" on the sides.

I believe that would be useful indeed.

 

[Ocean Railroader]

How thick would a sheet of arylic have to be to hold back water on a 400-500 gallon fish tank that is two feet deep?

 

[DFishFox]

Curious if this piece of glass would be useful:

108" x 42" x 3/4"

How far are you from Norfolk?

 

[Pharaoh]

How thick would a sheet of arylic have to be to hold back water on a 400-500 gallon fish tank that is two feet deep?

The length will change it a bit, but somewhere around the 1/2" to 3/4" range. You'd get less bowing with 3/4".

 

[Pharaoh]

Curious if this piece of glass would be useful:

108" x 42" x 3/4"

If it is tempered, then it would be hard to use. If it isn't, then you can cut it and make a pretty decent tank out of it.

 

[Tbrad87]

I'm looking to build a 200 gallon acrylic tank that would be 48'' x 36 x 27. Would there be too much bowing with 1/2 inch thick acrylic?