摘要 |
Honeycomb cores formed of tubule sections bounded orthogonally by plane facings are described. The tubule sections are defined as being formed of minimal surface elements that orthogonally intersect all of the surfaces of an imaginary kaleidoscopic cell at least once. In other words, the tubule sections are broken into elements for definition purposes. The elements are defined as minimal surface elements, i.e., elements that have a mean curvature that is equal to zero at all points on their surface. These elements are further defined inside of an imaginary kaleidoscopic cell in that they orthogonally intersect all surfaces of an imaginary kaleidoscopic cell at least once. Moreover, the tubule sections are smoothly interconnected to form honeycomb core structures that have no internal discontinuities.
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