Geometry with Kirby – VUCA

April 9, 2020 / steffan / Kirby, Material Properties

VUCA (latest curriculum writing) integrating the concept of “risk” even mentioning “Chief Risk Officer” and VUCA, in this special curriculum: https://github.com/4dsolutions/School_of_Tomorrow/blob/master/stats_works.ipynb Look for this image: At the link above for the School of Tomorrow, you will see that image, and what comes below it is intense mathematics which is why they present it as a […]

Visualization with Kirby Urner Cuboctahedron dual Rhombic Dodecahedron

April 1, 2020 / steffan / Kirby, Material Properties

Thinking through the shapes with all of the math working precisely, enters Kirby Urner, holding a diagram of the geometry, no, wait, an animated gif pushing the power of visualization. Here we have a Cuboctahedron dual Rhombic Dodecahedron… 6-square-8 triangular-14-in-all-Cuboctahedron-dual-Rhombic-Dodecahedron-Yellow-and-Blue-respectively! This is not only for geometry buffs. There are practical applications.

Advanced Polyhedral Materials

December 22, 2019 / flo / Technology

Flextegrity, Inc. makes possible advanced polyhedral materials that anticipate and meet the comprehensive demands of civil engineering applications, disaster-resistant housing, environmental solutions, and revolutionary product designs. The foundation of Flextegrity’s intellectual property is a unique and innovative icosahedron and truncated icosahedrons tensile architecture for assembled structural materials called “C6XTY.” In later patents the work has […]

Mathematical Model of Icosahedral Materials

December 21, 2019 / flo / Technology

by Mark A. Martin, Ph.D. August 2006, © Flextegrity, Inc. 2006, 2007 Introduction An icosahedral material is a regular threedimensional array of icosahedra held together by a repeating pattern of flexible interconnecting bands. Each interconnecting band attaches to exactly two icosahedra and each icosahedron has up to 12 bands attached to it, depending on its position […]

Technology Differentiation / Material Uniqueness

December 21, 2019 / flo / Material Properties, Uncategorized

Flextegrity’s innovative micro-architecture, which capitalizes on the dynamic equilibrium inherent in the complementary coexistence of tension and compression, offers material scientists, architects, structural engineers and product designers a wide range of highly desirable and unique properties: •The geometry is infinitely scalable in unit size (from nano- to mega-scale) and in frequency (number of icosahedrons in […]

Stress Analysis Icosahedron Beam

December 15, 2019 / flo / Technology

Finite Element Stress Analysis of Icosahedron Beam by Ross Engineering, Prepared for: Mr. Sam Lanahan, Flextegrity Abstract This is a stress analysis report for the Icosahedron Beam. The analysis was performed to compare a beam constructed of the Icosahedrons fabricated of Aluminum to a standard Wood beam. The predicted deflections are similar, while the component […]