Building with air – how nature’s hole-filled blueprints shape manufacturing
- Written by Anne Schmitz, Associate Professor of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Stout
Engineers use structures found in nature – like the honeycomb – to create lightweight, sturdy materials. Matthew T. Rader, CC BY-NC-SAIf you break open a chicken bone, you won’t find a solid mass of white material inside. Instead, you will see a complex, spongelike network of tiny struts and pillars, and a lot of empty space.
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