Re: ATM 12 point mirror cell - examples

["Dwight K. Elvey" <dwightk.elvey@amd.com>]

>From: "Tom Krajci" <tkrajci@san.osd.mil>
>
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>From: Ross Sackett <rsackett00@yahoo.com>
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>>Oh, ugh.  Both cells look a little nightmarish to me,
>>especially the one with the long springy outer
>>triangles. 
>
>That's why I asked for feedback and comments.  ;-)  Yes, the skinny
>triangle idea is not good for more than one reason (Nils mentioned
>another reason).  I've since updated more info and diagrams to my page
>at:
>http://overton.tamu.edu/aset/krajci/cell-12-pt/cell-12-pt.htm
>

Hi
 No one said you had to make the long springy thing.
The actual support triangle can even be a circle of metal
with the three points. Maybe a natural extention of plop
would be an analysis of different beam and triangle
support pieces.
Dwight