The amazing structural engineering of aluminum honeycomb panels and the efficient use of materials The structure of the hive has aroused great interest from scientists. After an in-depth study of the hive, the scientists were surprised to find that the adjacent room holes share a wall and a hole bottom, which saves building materials; the room holes are regular hexagons, and the bees are basically cylindrical, and There is no extra space in the hole and it is not crowded.
The honeycomb structure gave great inspiration to spacecraft designers. When they developed it, they used a honeycomb structure: first made of metal into a honeycomb, and then sandwiched it with two metal plates to form a honeycomb structure. This honeycomb structure is very strong and lightweight, and is also good for sound insulation and thermal insulation. Therefore, the current space shuttles, artificial satellites, and spacecraft use a large number of honeycomb structures inside, and the outer shells of satellites are almost all honeycomb structures. Therefore, these spacecraft are collectively referred to as "cellular honeycomb spacecraft".
