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Page | 30 Teacher Notes – Honeycomb Structures – RemSTEP (Deakin University) TEACHER NOTES Honeycomb Structures: Teacher Notes Overview/Introduction This activity has its genesis in the materials science research conducted at Deakin University’s Institute of Frontier Materials. http://www.deakin.edu.au/research/ifm/. This Laboratory Learning Activity (LLA) addresses some of the principles that are currently being investigated through research and design at the Institute. A common aim of materials scientists and engineers is to create materials with the greatest strength and the minimum weight and minimum amount of materials (minimum cost). Honeycomb sandwich structures are often used to achieve these outcomes and are used in aerospace, automotive, housing, packaging, sports-equipment and other industries. Being strong as well as light makes honeycomb materials ideal for the manufacture of crash helmets for racing car drivers, motor cyclists and even bicyclists. A honeycomb structured material is produced using an array of hollow tubes or cells (usually) sandwiched between two solid walls. At the Institute of Frontier Materials scientists have produced and tested a honeycomb sandwich structure made from two layers of carbon fibre composite separated by a honeycomb layer of Kevlar. While the hexagonal shape of true honeycomb is usually the strongest shape. The cells could be tubular, triangular or square shaped. This is an open-ended inquiry activity in which students can devise their own question to test; devise a method, conduct tests, collect and analyse date and report their findings

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T E A C H E R N O T E S

HoneycombStructures:TeacherNotes

Overview/IntroductionThisactivityhasitsgenesisinthematerialsscienceresearchconductedatDeakinUniversity’sInstituteofFrontierMaterials.http://www.deakin.edu.au/research/ifm/.

ThisLaboratoryLearningActivity(LLA)addressessomeoftheprinciplesthatarecurrentlybeinginvestigatedthroughresearchanddesignattheInstitute.

Acommonaimofmaterialsscientistsandengineersistocreatematerialswiththegreateststrengthandtheminimumweightandminimumamountofmaterials(minimumcost).Honeycombsandwichstructuresareoftenusedtoachievetheseoutcomesandareusedinaerospace,automotive,housing,packaging,sports-equipmentandotherindustries.

Beingstrongaswellaslightmakeshoneycombmaterialsidealforthemanufactureofcrashhelmetsforracingcardrivers,motorcyclistsandevenbicyclists.

Ahoneycombstructuredmaterialisproducedusinganarrayofhollowtubesorcells(usually)sandwichedbetweentwosolidwalls.AttheInstituteofFrontierMaterialsscientistshaveproducedandtestedahoneycombsandwichstructuremadefromtwolayersofcarbonfibrecompositeseparatedbyahoneycomblayerofKevlar.

Whilethehexagonalshapeoftruehoneycombisusuallythestrongestshape.Thecellscouldbetubular,triangularorsquareshaped.

Thisisanopen-endedinquiryactivityinwhichstudentscandevisetheirownquestiontotest;deviseamethod,conducttests,collectandanalysedateandreporttheirfindings

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Studentsmighttestdifferentcellsizes,differentshapes,differentthicknessesofthehoneycombsandwichandsoon.

CurriculumOutcomes:AustralianCurriculum-ScienceF-10

[Footnote4]

Years5and6

Scienceasahumanendeavour:Useandinfluenceofscience• Scientificknowledgeisusedtosolveproblemsandinform

personalandcommunitydecisions(ACSHE083&ACSHE100)

Year7

Scienceasahumanendeavour• Peopleusescienceunderstandingandskillsintheiroccupations

andthesehaveinfluencedthedevelopmentofpracticesinareasofhumanactivity(ACSHE121)

ScienceUnderstanding:PhysicalSciences• Changetoanobject’smotioniscausedbyunbalancedforces,

includingEarth’sgravitationalattraction,actingontheobject(ACSSU117)

Year8

Scienceasahumanendeavour• Peopleusescienceunderstandingandskillsintheiroccupations

andthesehaveinfluencedthedevelopmentofpracticesinareasofhumanactivity(ACSHE136)

ScienceUnderstanding:ChemicalSciences• Propertiesofthedifferentstatesofmattercanbeexplainedin

termsofthemotionandarrangementofparticles(ACSSU151)

4http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/science/curriculum/f-10?layout=1#level5

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CurriculumOutcomes:AustralianCurriculum-DesignTechnologies

Years5and6

DesignTechnologies• Explorethecharacteristicsandpropertiesofmaterialsand

componentsthatareusedtoproducedesignedsolutions(ACTDEK004)

CurriculumOutcomes:VictorianCurriculumF-10[Footnote5]

Levels5and6

ScienceUnderstanding:Scienceasahumanendeavour• Scientificunderstandings,discoveriesandinventionsareusedto

informpersonalandcommunitydecisionsandtosolveproblemsthatdirectlyaffectpeople’slives(VCSSU073)

ScienceUnderstanding:Chemicalsciences• Solids,liquidsandgasesbehaveindifferentwaysandhave

observablepropertiesthathelptoclassifythem(VCSSU076)

Levels7and8

ScienceUnderstanding:Scienceasahumanendeavour• Scientificknowledgeandunderstandingoftheworldchangesas

newevidencebecomesavailable;scienceknowledgecandevelopthroughcollaborationandconnectingideasacrossthedisciplinesandpracticeofscience(VCSSU089)

• Scienceandtechnologycontributetofindingsolutionstoarangeofcontemporaryissues;thesesolutionsmayimpactonotherareasofsocietyandinvolveethicalconsiderations(VCSSU090)

5http://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Print

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ScienceUnderstanding:ChemicalSciences• Thepropertiesofthedifferentstatesofmattercanbeexplained

intermsofthemotionandarrangementofparticles(VCSSU096)o modellingthearrangementofparticlesinsolids,liquids

andgases.

ScienceUnderstanding:Physicalsciences• Changetoanobject’smotioniscausedbyunbalancedforces

actingontheobject;Earth’sgravitypullsobjectstowardsthecentreofEarth(VCSSU103)

o investigatingtheeffectsofapplyingdifferentforcestofamiliarobjects.

CurriculumOutcomes:VictorianCurriculum–TechnologiesF-10[Footnote6]

DesignandTechnologies:TechnologiesContexts• Engineeringprinciplesandsystems.Analysehowmotion,force

andenergyareusedtomanipulateandcontrolelectromechanicalsystemswhendesigningsimple,engineeredsolutions(VCDSTC045)

o experimentingtoselectthemostappropriateprinciplesandsystemsonwhichtobasedesignideas,forexamplestructuralcomponentstobetestedforstrength

• Materialsandtechnologiesspecialisation.Analysewaystoproducedesignedsolutionsthroughselectingandcombiningcharacteristicsandpropertiesofmaterials,systems,components,toolsandequipment(VCDSTC048)

KeyKnowledgeandSkillsIncompletingthisactivity,studentsexploreandapplyarangeofconceptsandterms.Someofthesetermsandconceptsaredescribed,definedandexplainedbelow.

6http://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/level8?layout=1&d=DE

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Force-Aforceisapushorapull.Aforcecancausemovementinanobjectorcausecompression,tensionortorsionwithintheobject.

Impact-Impactorimpactforceisashockorlargeforceappliedforaveryshorttime.

Compressionforce–apushthatsqueezesanobjecttotrytomakeitsmallerorshorter.

Tensionforce–apullstretchesanobjecttotrytomakeitbiggerorlonger.

Strength–Theabilityofamaterialtoresistbreakingwhenaforceisapplied.

Strengthtomassratio-Thisisameasureofthestrengthofamaterialcomparedtoitsmass.

Investigation-Ascientificprocessofansweringaquestion,exploringanideaorsolvingaproblemthatrequiresactivitiessuchasplanningacourseofaction,collectingdata,interpretingdata,reachingaconclusionandcommunicatingtheseactivities

Variable-Somethingthatcanchange.

Dependentvariable-Variablethatchangesinresponsetochangesintheindependentvariableandthatisobservedormeasured.

Independentvariable-Variablethatisdeliberatelychanged.

Controlledvariables-Variablesthatarekeptconstant.

Fairtest-Whentestingdifferentmaterialsallthevariablesexcepttheonebeingtestedneedtobekeptthesame.

KeyScienceInquirySkillsInconductingtheseactivities,studentsneedto:

• identifyaquestionandformulateahypothesis• identifyvariablesrelevantinthetest• determinetheindependent,dependentandcontrolvariables• takestepstoensureaccuracyinmeasurement• planandconductaninvestigation• recorddatasystematically

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• analysedata• drawconclusionsbasedonevidence

BackgroundinformationHoneycombstructuresgenerallyhavetwomajortypesofdesign.

Onetypeofhoneycombstructureusesanarrangementoftubessandwichedbetweentwowalls.Corrugatedcardboardisoftenmadebysandwichingasheetofwavypaperbetweentwosheetsofthickpaper.Thewaves,orcorrugations,formchannelsthatrunparalleltothewalls.

Forcesappliedatrightanglestothehoneycombchannelswillcausethestructure

todeform.

Diagramofcorrugatedcardboard.

DiagrambyKieranFLim.

Thistypeofhoneycombstructurewilldeformtoabsorbforcesthatareappliedatrightanglestothehoneycombchannels.

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Honeycombcrashabsorptionstructuremadeofinjectionmoulded

thermoplasticpolymeronaBMWi3.PhotographbyAutomobilePassion,andusedunderaCreative

Commons(CCBY2.0)licence.<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2013_IAA_BMW_i3_Honeycomb_st

ructure.jpg>

Inotherhoneycombstructurestheopentubesarearrangedatrightanglestothewalls.Thesetubescanbedifferentshapesincrosssection.Theycouldbecircles,squares,trianglesorhexagons(likehoneycomb).

Honeycombpatternforstrengthincardboard.Imageby

sciencestockphotos.com.<http://sciencestockphotos.com/free/engineering/slides/cardboard_str

ength.html>

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Forcesappliedalongasinglehoneycombchannelwillcausethestructuretodeform.

Asinglehoneycombtubeorchannelwilldeformandcollapse.

DiagrambyKieranFLim.

Compressionforcesappliedalongthehoneycombchannel(s).

Wallsofadjacenthoneycombchannel(s)exertforcestokeepeachhoneycombchannelrigidandundeformed.

Thewallsofadjacenthoneycombtubesorchannelsacttoprevent

centralhoneycombtubedeforming.DiagrambyKieranFLim.

Asingletubestructurewilldeform(changeshape)whencompressionforcesareappliedparalleltothetubeorchannel.Assoonasthe

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structuredeforms,theforcesarenownotparalleltothetubeorchannel,whichthencollapses.

Ahoneycombstructureconsistsofadjacenttubeswhichsharejoinedwalls.Thewallsofadjacenttubesprovidesidewaysforcestomaintaintheshapeofeveryotheradjacenttubeorchannel.Thismeansthatahoneycombstructureisverystrongundercompressionforcesappliedparalleltothehoneycombchannels.

HoneycombtiresResilientTechnologiesandWisconsin-Madison’sPolymerEngineeringCenterhavedevelopedahoneycombtire.Thisisavariationofthefirsttypeofhoneycombstructure,inwhichtheforcesareappliedatrightanglestothechannelsofthehoneycombstructure.

Wedonothavepermissiontoincludepicturesofthehoneycombtire;moreinformationcanbefoundat:

• AirlessTires(2015).AirlessTires.Retrieved9October2017from<http://airlesstiresonline.com/>.

• Corky’sPestControl(2016).Architectsandengineers;bio-inspiredtodesignandcreatebynature’sfinestbuilders,insects!Retrieved9October2017from<http://blog.corkyspest.com/?p=853>.

• DavidRussellSchilling(2015).Newairlesstiresimprovebattlefieldandoff-roadperformance.Retrieved9October2017from<http://www.industrytap.com/new-airless-tires-improve-battlefield-off-road-performance/24703>.

Theairinnormaltiresprovidestructureandrigiditywhentheairiscompressed.Whenstretchedinonedirection,thehoneycombscollapseinthedirectionatrightanglestothetensionforces.Whenstretchedinmultipledirections,thehoneycombsinthesetiresarestrongundertension(stretching).Thethicktireoutsides(thesurfaceincontactwiththeroad)providestructureandrigidity–thevehicleaxleisactuallyhangingfromthetopedgeofthetireandtheforcesaredistributedaroundthetireandontotheroadsurfacebythehoneycombstructure.

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Pedagogy

InquirySkillsThisisaninquiryactivitythatcanbeadjustedbytheteachertobeasguidedorasopen-endedasdesired.SincethisactivityoccurstowardstheendoftheIFM/ReMSTEPsequenceofactivities,thestudentnotesaredesignedtobeatmoreindependentinvestigationendoftherange.Theteachermay,however,decidetoprovidecloserguidanceanddirectionthroughouttheactivity.

Teachersmayusetheinquiryscaffoldingtool7toassistdecisionmakingaboutthedegreeofsupporttoprovidestudentsforeachphaseoftheinquiryprocess.

7 Inquiryscaffoldingtool.NationalResearchCouncil(2000);Bruck,L.B.,Bretz,S.L.,&Towns,M.H.,2008.AdaptedfortheVictorianCurriculumbyLim,K.F.(2016),unpublished.)

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ConceptualDevelopmentWhilethisisinanopen-endedinquiry,studentsarestilllikelytoneedsomeassistanceformulatingaquestion.Leadingquestionsmayalsoberequiredtoensurethatthestudentsdesignafairtestoftheirquestionandcollectaccurateandreliabledata.

Studentsmayneedsomeguidanceregardingmaterialstheycoulduse.Circular,squareandtriangularshapetubescouldbemadefrompaperandthenthetubesgluedtogether.Alternatively,studentscouldusestraws(preferablypapertosavetheenvironment).

Anotheralternativeistosticksheetsofpapertogethertomakeanexpandedstructureasshowninthepicture.Usingthisapproachstudentscanvarythesizeofthecells.

Paperhoneycombstructure.PhotographbyIanBentley.

Ifstudentsarerequiredtocompleteareportinaccordancewiththe“Communicateideas,findingsandsolutionsusingscientificlanguage”outcome,teacherswillneedtospecifythenatureofthereportandtheintendedaudience.

RepresentationconstructionapproachUsingarepresentationconstructionapproach(Tytler,Prain,HubberandWaldrip2013)canhelp.Theteachercanencouragethestudentstorepresentahoneycombstructure.Therepresentationcouldshowtheforcesinvolvedandshapechangesasloadsareaddedtothevariousstructures.

Therepresentationswillmostlikelytobedrawings(annotateddiagrams),buttheycouldalsobemodelsorroleplays.Suchrepresentationsprovideinsightintostudents’conceptions.Whatever

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formtherepresentationstaketheyaffordanopportunitytoengagewiththestudentsindialogueabouttheirconceptionswiththepurposeofdevelopingandrefiningtheirrepresentationsandhencetheirconceptualisationofcompositematerialsandtheircomponents.

PossibledesignsforhoneycombstructuresThisisintendedasanon-exhaustivelistofideas.

HexagonalhoneycombstructureFoldpaperinparallelfolds:twofoldsup,twofoldsdown,andrepeatingthispattern.Smallfoldsabout1cmapartworkbest.

DiagrambyKieranFLim.

Makesomemoreofthesefoldedstripsandgluethetouchingsurfacestogetherasindicatedbythearrows.

Applygluetotouchingsurfaces

DiagrambyKieranFLim.

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Extension:isthehoneycombstrongerifastripofpaperisgluedtothearoundtheoutsideofthehoneycomb?

Extension:isthehoneycombstrongeriftheopeningsaresmallerorbigger(asthespacingofthefoldsisvaried)?

TrigonalhoneycombstructureFoldandgluepaperintoatriangular“roll”ortube.Aquick-dryingglueworksbest.Bundlethe“rolls”ortubestogetherandstickastripofpaperaroundtheoutside.

PhotographsbyKieranFLimandEstherWan.

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Extension:whatisthepurposeofthestripofpaperaroundtheoutsideofthebundleoftubes?

Extension:isthehoneycombstrongerifthetubesaregluedtoeachother?

Extension:isthehoneycombstrongerifthetubessmallerorbigger?

Extension:Doesthestrengthofthehoneycombdependonhavingallthetubesofthesamesize?

TubularhoneycombstructureRollpaperintosmalltubeswithca.2-cmdiameter.Aquick-dryingglueworksbest.Bundlethetubestogetherandstickastripofpaperaroundtheoutside.

PhotographbyKieranFLimandEstherWan.

Extension:whatisthepurposeofthestripofpaperaroundtheoutsideofthebundleoftubes?

Extension:isthehoneycombstrongerifthetubesaregluedtoeachother?

Extension:isthehoneycombstrongerifthetubessmallerorbigger?

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Extension:Doesthestrengthofthehoneycombdependonhavingallthetubesofthesamesize?

KirigamihexagonalhoneycombstructureTheJapaneseartofkirigamiinvolvesbothcuttingandfoldingsheetsofpapertoobtainthree-dimensionalshapes.Recently,Neville,Scarpa,andPirrera(2016)usedkirigamitocreateshape-shiftingmetamaterials,whichcouldhavelargeshapeandvolumechangesandwithextremelydirectional,tuneablemechanicalproperties.Theydescribehowtoconstructthreedifferenthoneycombstructures.Theirdesignsareintendedtobeflexible.Theversionhereisbasedontheir“openrectangular”hexagonalhoneycombstructureandhasbeenalteredtoincludegluingtomakearigidstructure.(Thename“openrectangular”structurereferstotherectangularshapeofthewallsformingthestructure.)

Kirigamihexagonalhoneycombstructure.ExtractfromFigure1of

Neville,Scarpa,andPirrera(2016).FigureusedunderaCreativeCommons(CCBY4.0)licence.

<https://www.nature.com/articles/srep31067>

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Makingakirigamihexagonalhoneycombstructure.Figure2ofNeville,

Scarpa,andPirrera(2016).FigureusedunderaCreativeCommons(CCBY4.0)licence.

<https://www.nature.com/articles/srep31067>

InthepaperbyNeville,Scarpa,andPirrera(2016),thehoneycombstructurewasnotgluedandstringspassedthroughtheholeswereusedtoflexthestructureandchangeitsshape.Inthecurrentapplication,therearenoneedfortheholes,andthestructureshouldbegluedwherefoldscausetwopartsofthestructuretotouch.

Drinking-strawhoneycombstructureThisversionhasnotbeentested.Itwouldbesimilartothetubularhoneycombstructure.

PVA-glueandpaperhoneycombstructureThisismadebytakingapaperhoneycombstructure(oneoftheabovedesigns)andpouringPVAglue(Footnote8)alloverthestructure.Thiswilltakeseveralhourstodry.Whenwetestedthisversion,thestructurewasdriedovernightwithhotairblowingonthestructure.

8 TherearevariousbrandsofPVACraftGlue,andPVAWoodGlue.

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Thisessentiallygivesapolymer-and-paperhoneycombstructure.Thisissimilartothecommercialhoneycombstructuresmadebycoating(orsoaking)paperhoneycombswith(in)differentresins(Footnote9).

Possiblescientificquestions• Howdoesthestrengthofthehoneycombstructuredependon

thenumberoftubes?(Thisisapossiblequantitativeinvestigation.)

Whatloadcanbesupportedbyanumberofseparate(but

identical)“tubes”?independentvariable:numberofseparate“tubes”.

Dependentvariable:maximumload.DiagrambyKieranFLim.

9 Examplesofresin-and-paperhoneycombsinclude:AdvancedHoneycombTechnologies(2005)AHKKraftpaper/phenoliccoatedhoneycomb<http://www.ahtinc.com/products/kraft.htm>;AxxorIPHC(2015)AxxorIPHCtoimpregnatepaperhoneycombwithresins<http://axxor.eu/paginas/1970/axxoriphctoimpregnatepaperhoneycombwithresins>.

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• Doesthestrengthofthehoneycombstructuredependonwhetherthetubesaregluedtogether?(Whencombinedwiththepreviousquestion,thisisagoodquantitativeinvestigation.)

Whatloadcanbesupportedbyanumberofjoinedidentical

“tubes”?independentvariable:numberof“tubes”.

Controlledvariable:arrangementof“tubes”.Dependentvariable:maximumload.

DiagrambyKieranFLim.

• Doesthestrengthofthehoneycombstructuredependonthecross-sectionalshapeofthetubes?

• Howdoesthestrengthofthehoneycombstructuredependontheheight,anddiameteroftheopeningofthe“tubes”?

OtherteachingnotesforhoneycombstructuresWehavetestedanumberofglues.Thebestgluesaregluesticks(Footnote10).AliquidgluelikePVAglue(Footnote8)takesseveralhourstodry.StudentsmustuseminimalamountsofglueunlesstheyaretryingtomakeaPVA-glueandpaperhoneycombstructure.

10The´variousbrandsofgluestickinclude:BostikGluStik,KejiGlueStick,StudymateBlueStick,UHUGlueStic,andsimilarproducts.

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LinkstosimilaractivitiesAfterthisactivitywasdesigned,theauthorsbecameawareofasimilaractivities:

• bertus52x11(n.d.).Coffeecup-honeycombsandwichstructure.Retrieved10October2017from<http://www.instructables.com/id/Coffee-Cup-Honeycomb-Sandwich-Structure/>.

Coffeecup-honeycombsandwichstructure.

Photographbybertus52x11,andusedunderaCreativeCommonsGeneric(CCBY-NC-SA2.5)licence.

<http://www.instructables.com/id/Coffee-Cup-Honeycomb-Sandwich-Structure/>

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• CuriosityMachine(n.d.).Buildastronghoneycombstructure.Retrieved9October2017from<https://www.curiositymachine.org/challenges/50/>.

AssessmentTheteacherscancomparethestudent’sperformancewiththecurriculumdescriptorsandmakejudgementsaboutwhethertheoutcomeshavebeenachieved.Peerandself-assessmentofeffectivenessofcreatedcompositestructures.

ReferencesBruck,L.B.,Bretz,S.L.,&Towns,M.H.(2008)Characterizingthelevelofinquiryintheundergraduatelaboratory.JournalofCollegeScience,38(1),52-58.

NationalResearchCouncil(2000).Inquiryandthenationalscienceeducationstandards:Aguideforteachingandlearning.WashingtonDC:NationalAcademicPress.

Tytler,R.,Prain,V.,Hubber,P.,&Waldrip,B.(Eds.).(2013).Constructingrepresentationstolearninscience.SpringerScience&BusinessMedia.

Neville,R.M.,Scarpa,F.,&Pirrera,A.(2016).ShapemorphingKirigamimechanicalmetamaterials.ScientificReports,6,Articlenumber31067.doi:10.1038/srep31067.Retrieved10October2017from<https://www.nature.com/articles/srep31067>

AirlessTires(2015).AirlessTires.Retrieved9October2017from<http://airlesstiresonline.com/>.

Corky’sPestControl(2016).Architectsandengineers;bio-inspiredtodesignandcreatebynature’sfinestbuilders,insects!Retrieved9October2017from<http://blog.corkyspest.com/?p=853>.

DavidRussellSchilling(2015).Newairlesstiresimprovebattlefieldandoff-roadperformance.Retrieved9October2017from<http://www.industrytap.com/new-airless-tires-improve-battlefield-off-road-performance/24703>.

• Honicel(n.d.).Honicelpaperhoneycombapplications.Retrieved11October2017from<http://www.honicel.com/page/2543/applications.html>.

FederalAviationAdministration(USA)(2012).Chapter7:AdvancedCompositeMaterials,inAviationMaintenanceTechnicianHandbook—AirframeVolume1(FAA-H-8083-31).Retrieved9October2017from

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<https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aircraft/amt_airframe_handbook/media/ama_ch07.pdf>.

RainerGroh(2012).SandwichStructuresandCompositeMaterials,inABriefHistoryofAircraftStructure.AerospaceEngineeringBlog.Retrieved9October2017from<http://aerospaceengineeringblog.com/aircraft-structures/>.

Bertus52x11(n.d.).Coffeecup-honeycombsandwichstructure.Retrieved10October2017from<http://www.instructables.com/id/Coffee-Cup-Honeycomb-Sandwich-Structure/>.

CuriosityMachine(n.d.).Buildastronghoneycombstructure.Retrieved9October2017from<https://www.curiositymachine.org/challenges/50/>.

AdvancedHoneycombTechnologies(2005)AHKKraftpaper/phenoliccoatedhoneycomb.Retrieved10October2017from<http://www.ahtinc.com/products/kraft.htm>.

AxxorIPHC(2015)AxxorIPHCtoimpregnatepaperhoneycombwithresins.Retrieved10October2017from<http://axxor.eu/paginas/1970/axxoriphctoimpregnatepaperhoneycombwithresins>.

SuggestionsSuggestionsforimprovementsoftheseactivitiesshouldbesenttotheProjectOfficer,ASELLforSchools(Victoria),[email protected]

AcknowledgementsThecontributionsofmembersofScoutsVictoriatotherefinementofthislaboratorylearningactivityaregratefullyacknowledged.

• PhotographofahoneycombcrashabsorptionstructuremadeofinjectionmouldedthermoplasticpolymeronaBMWi3,byAutomobilePassion,hasbeenusedandredistributedunderaCreativeCommons(CCBY2.0)licence<https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en>.

• PhotographofahoneycombpatternforstrengthincardboardhasbeenusedandredistributedunderaCreativeCommons(CCBY4.0)licence<sciencestockphotos.com/imagelicense.html>.

• FiguresfromNeville,Scarpa,&Pirrera(2016)“ShapemorphingKirigamimechanicalmetamaterials”havebeenusedand

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redistributedunderaCreativeCommons(CCBY4.0)licence<https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/>.

• PhotographofacoffeecuphoneycombsandwichstructurehasbeenusedandredistributedunderaCreativeCommons(CCBY-NC-SA2.5)licence<https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/>.

CopyrightandCreativeCommonsExceptinglogos,trademarksorotherthird-partycontentasindicated,thisresourceisdistributedunderaCreativeCommons‘Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike’4.0InternationalLicense.Themoralrightsoftheauthors,KieranLim,StuartPalmer,IanBentley,PetaWhite,JohnLong,RussellTytler,andMaryVamvakas,havebeenassertedundertheAustralianCopyrightAct1968(Cth).