The most basic style of corrugated cladding is a wave pattern corrugated cladding, similar to that found inside a cardboard shipping box.
Wall coverings are made of wave pattern corrugated cladding rather than sheet metal for a number of reasons. Wave pattern corrugated cladding has higher structural strength perpendicular to the corrugation. In addition, the material has greater flex parallel to the wave pattern corrugated cladding. This will give the building a greater structural stability when pressed from one direction and additional flex from the other, which can protect a building from some environmental threats. In addition, wave pattern corrugated cladding stack better and are easier to transport and use than flat sheets.
There are a huge number of different types of wave pattern corrugated cladding, but they all have one thing in common. wave pattern corrugated cladding is always a repeated pattern. The metal may have a nonstandard design, but the format will always repeat eventually. This allows the wave pattern corrugated claddings to stack easier and lowers their cost, but it also allows the wave pattern corrugated claddings to have a specific structural and flex rating.
