Gaussian curvature. Determinant of the shape operator. Developable surfaces. Thin elastic sheets.
Corrugation. Corrugated cardboard and iron were/are wonder materials.
Origami. Some folds store energy, pop in and out.
Paper bags have two stable states, open and closed. In between the two, the sides have to deform.
Consider composite sandwiches, with nomex or structural foam in between fiberglass. If he insists on building Cybertruck out of flat panels, maybe they can be formed from two sheets of sheet metal with a dimpled or corrugated spacer. Seems hard to weld that though.
Or maybe they can just embrace curvature instead. Give the car muscles like all the other ones.
Gaussian curvature. Determinant of the shape operator. Developable surfaces. Thin elastic sheets.
Corrugation. Corrugated cardboard and iron were/are wonder materials.
Origami. Some folds store energy, pop in and out.
Paper bags have two stable states, open and closed. In between the two, the sides have to deform.
Consider composite sandwiches, with nomex or structural foam in between fiberglass. If he insists on building Cybertruck out of flat panels, maybe they can be formed from two sheets of sheet metal with a dimpled or corrugated spacer. Seems hard to weld that though.
Or maybe they can just embrace curvature instead. Give the car muscles like all the other ones.