![]() It is possible to get a fairly large barn on the back of a single wagon. This gives the compromise between strength and weight. It would also allow changes in wall angle.įrom a practical point of view temporary (polar bear proof) buildings rather than tents are best achieved using cheap prefabricated panels (such as profiled steel cladding) bolted onto a structural frame (i.e. Other than the aesthetics, I am not sure that what advantage the tessellation adds – I cannot see that it is more load bearing than an individual cuboid brick/ block? It also strikes me that individual blocks having more potential to fail.įor construction purposes if the blocks were sufficiently large it may be possible to use dowels (through the top/ bottom) of the crossbars of the I ‘s to hold a temporary wall type structure together (without cement) or bolts This would resist tension (as the dovetails would) and also the deformation of the structure (kicking it in). So still a bit of engineering design work to do and then I'll need to start with models and prototypes first and then see if anyone else might be interested in applying my idea whether as a building toy or for a real world engineering application. So I am looking for a design that allows assembly and disassembly such as with Lego, Meccano or other manufactured products. I still need to work on the design a bit more because I'd want the tiles or bricks to be able to be assembled together then disassembled when necessary without having to be cemented together like a brick wallĪnd without having to be glued onto a mounting surface like conventional tiles Somebody even used I-shaped paving stones one time. There's nothing new about tessellations in engineering of course. If not then single colour bricks like Lego would be OK. If as with Lego, the tiles or bricks are made of plastic then maybe multicoloured bricks might be possible. Perhaps the proving ground for my tessellated I / H tile / brick concept would could be first as a building toy? I am hopeful that maybe one day this kind of shaped tile or brick could prove useful in engineering where you need to build a strong, maybe temporary, wall, enclosure, barrier, box or other solid structure. The "I" shape is of square proportions, the column of the I being one third of the width of the square and the top and the base one quarter of the height of the square. Representing a surface of "I"-shaped steel tiles or bricks. View larger version of Tessellated I in Steel 1800 x 800 ![]() If the tiles or bricks are made of metal then either aluminium or steel are the obvious choices. I am still at the engineering design stage of a new building tile / brick invention project idea and at this point I have a technical drawing produced using my computer graphics skills to show you.
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