elastegrity?

batteryHypar is yet another extension of the initial uHelix component. However, batteryHypar is totally different in the way it is constructed, compaired (to the conventional method). Since its whole structure is under elastic strain energy, for a start, its perimeter is Vesica Piscis.

 

Like bateryHelix, batteryHypar uses no ties nor buttresses whatsoever, it is a self-supporting uStructure. Its support is provided by the zero mass energy of elastegrity - it requires no ties or buttresses at the lower corners (the downwards curvature) and is supported entirely by the energy of elastegrity.

 

By convention (Newtonian mechanics) it was commonly thought that the only way to produce a double-curved surface from a flat sheet/frame was to stretch by 'dishing'. However with elastegrity a flat (developable) surface can be transformed into a non-developable surface..? In fact from this day forth, with the mechanism of elastegrity, there is no such thing as 'non-developable' – every flat surface can now be transformed into to a double-curved surface, irrespective of whether the surface is a frame or a sheet

 

With the application of elastegrity it is energy that will provide this revolutionary departure from the past, with elastegrity we can shift from developable to 'non-developable' in one continuous motion, because there is now no requirement for the stretching of polymer bonds, as we understand from rubber sheet geometry. We do not have to limit our knowledge of stiffness through curvature to stretching the chemical bonds alone - we now simple irrigate energy and channel it through anisotropic materials under specific configurations.

 

Stewart Macpherson 08/08/14