Building rimless glass aquarium
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toothybugs
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What are you asking?
uncleof6
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You need to redo your math, and that is not going to be easy...online calculators don't get the job done...or the tensile strength of the 'glass in hand' is overestimated to the high end of the scale...it varies (the higher the tensile strength the more expensive the glass)
6mm glass-->
@ 13" tall: sf = 5.19
@ 12" tall: sf = 6.60
Neither of which should be considered well built rimless, and 9mm glass is called for....something you need to consider is if the tank somehow gets filled to the brim (it can and does happen) would you rather the tank overflow, and hold together OR not flood, rather potentially come apart? Eurobraced would work out ok however.
Interesting that these questions seem to come in batches....
6mm glass-->
@ 13" tall: sf = 5.19
@ 12" tall: sf = 6.60
Neither of which should be considered well built rimless, and 9mm glass is called for....something you need to consider is if the tank somehow gets filled to the brim (it can and does happen) would you rather the tank overflow, and hold together OR not flood, rather potentially come apart? Eurobraced would work out ok however.
Interesting that these questions seem to come in batches....
