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> Help me here, what exactly are octet trusses?
I tried replying once before but think it got fouled in my comm package...
An Octetruss, to use the trademarked moniker, is an OCtahedral and
TETrahedral complementary grid implimented in such a way as to form
a structural truss. (Forgive me if I answer in too simple a manner)
A truss is an engineering mechanism for dispersing loads across a
relatively long span, to enable coverage of large, primarilly horizontal
areas with a minimum of underpinning supports (posts). Most trusses
appear to be arranged to act independantly of one another, whereas
the members of an Octetruss are all part of the whole unit.
Octetruss is not the only such truss system. Other geometries have
been used to create omnidirectional truss systems; the more general
name for any one of these systems is a 'space grid' - which is to me
a more satisfying name because it gives the image of a grid filling space.
In any case, 'Space Grid' can be used for those of you out there who
want to do searches for related materials, but can't think of any
synonyms.
Mitch C. Amiano
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> Help me here, what exactly are octet trusses?
I tried replying once before but think it got fouled in my comm package...
An Octetruss, to use the trademarked moniker, is an OCtahedral and
TETrahedral complementary grid implimented in such a way as to form
a structural truss. (Forgive me if I answer in too simple a manner)
A truss is an engineering mechanism for dispersing loads across a
relatively long span, to enable coverage of large, primarilly horizontal
areas with a minimum of underpinning supports (posts). Most trusses
appear to be arranged to act independantly of one another, whereas
the members of an Octetruss are all part of the whole unit.
Octetruss is not the only such truss system. Other geometries have
been used to create omnidirectional truss systems; the more general
name for any one of these systems is a 'space grid' - which is to me
a more satisfying name because it gives the image of a grid filling space.
In any case, 'Space Grid' can be used for those of you out there who
want to do searches for related materials, but can't think of any
synonyms.
Mitch C. Amiano
amiano@xxxxxxxxxx