RIGIDITY AND STRENGTH ON THE WALLS OF ALUMINUM-ALLOY EXTRUDED INLAID PANELS

Aluminum extruded inlaid panels were researched as structural wall elements. Basic unit panels consists of six extruded box section parts that inlaid in together. Both side of the basic panel can be united with another unit panels in direction of width. Structural rigidity and strength on walls using this system were investigated experimentally. As a result, the following conclusions were obtained. Strength and rigidity of the unit panel were able to evaluate as sum of an individual extruded parts performance, but rigidity was estimated considerably low. Effect of connecting unit panels in the direction of width for the rigidity was accepted, but it was not recognized for the strength. When adhesive bonding was used together, the rigidity of panels become near the panels that are integral, but static strength of the panels depends only on bonding strength.