Acrylic Minimum Thickness

[nolapete]

48 x 96 cell cast acrylic

54" water depth

What's the minimum thickness recommended?

 

[THELASTDEFENSE]

subs for answer

 

[toffee]

I would like to know too, for both glass and acrylic.

 

[zennzzo]

48 x 96 cell cast acrylic

54" water depth

What's the minimum thickness recommended?

All the Acrylic tanks I have seen have 1" for 36" depth

54" maybe 1.5"-1.75"?
I'll call the guy who built my tank and see what he says...

 

[Yanbbrox]

All the Acrylic tanks I have seen have 1" for 36" depth

54" maybe 1.5"-1.75"?
I'll call the guy who built my tank and see what he says...

Your my personal hero

 

[rdbrown]

If it is an open top, meaning no top at 96" long and 48" wide and 54" tall it would have to be a minimum of 3.236" thick using Cell Cast Acrylic.

If it is a closed top either a full top with cutouts for access or euro braced it would need to be 2.158" Thick. What is killing you is the height. Why 54" You would have to custom order a sheet to get a 54x96" sheet for the front and back panels. Anything over 2" thick is custom order from the manufacturer. 48" tall you can use 1.899" thick.

All of the figures are based on the recommended 750 lbs per square inch. All thicknesses must be rounded up to the nearest standard. Cell cast Acrylic is rated at 10,000 psi per square inch at room temperature, but because of continuous stress of constant water pressure it is recommended at only 750 lbs per square inch to prevent stress crazing and/or failure.

Standard thicknesses of Cell Cast Acrylic in inches

0.060
0.080
0.098
0.118
0.177
0.236
0.354
0.472
0.591
0.708
0.944
1.250
1.500
2.000