CORE AND STRUCTURAL COORDINATION / FIELD NOTE 10
Honeycomb Panel Deflection and Support Spacing
A span claim has meaning only with a stated support arrangement, load, panel build-up and deflection criterion. A panel supported on four sides cannot be compared directly with the same panel spanning between two edges.
What to check on your project
Mark actual fixing lines and unsupported distances on a typical elevation. Send both pressure and suction cases as specified by the project engineer, and ask whether panel and support deflections are evaluated separately.
Worked example
Consider two panels that are both 1,200 mm wide. In the first drawing the rails run along both long edges. In the second the rails only connect at the short ends. The critical span can be different even though the panel width is identical. Ask the bidder to mark the supporting edges on the drawing before comparing any span data.