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How do notches and beads increase stiffness of supporting brackets (sheet metal) theoretically?
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Beads and flanges increase the area moment of inertia of the sheet, i.e. its resistance to bending out of the plane of the sheet. Take a look at a basic Mechanics of Materials textbook. Notches (removed material) decrease the stiffness, obviously.
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