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Old 02-19-2020, 05:50 PM   #146 (permalink)
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As to the architecture,all I can say is that it is described as a (a cubic-octet) closed cell foam.It's the strongest structural element known.
Patented by R.B. Fuller in 1961:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_frame

Describing it as a foam rather than a truss is copacetic with Synergetics; the mathematical foundation of the octet truss. Fuller conceptualized beginning with closest-packed spheres.

http://www.rwgrayprojects.com/synerg...figs/f1301.gif
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