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HOW TO IMPROVE BENDING PROPERTY OF MDF AND
PATTERN SAMPLES ON PLYWOOD
PLYWOOD?
Figure32: FINAL PATTERN/ PLYWOOD ON 1.5mm PLYWOOD
Figure 28: 5mm hexagon edge Figure30: HEXAGONAL
Figure 31: SQUARE SPIRAL ON 1.5mm PLYWOOD
Figure 27: 10mm hexagon edge Figure 29: 3mm hexagon edge
PATTERN SAMPLES ON MDF
In Figure 26, 7 different pattern samples are produced. Most of them performed in 1 way of bending. Figure 26B was able to bend in 2 directions, however, due to the rectangular geometry, its bending capacity was limited.
After the trial of the hexagonal pattern in plywood, in Figure 31 a different pattern
In Figures 27-29 hexagonal pattern is tested. The hexagonal pattern allowed the bending in 2 directions and peformed better than the pattern 26B. So, different pattern scales are also tested in MDF. When the pattern scale gets smaller, as in the Figure29, the MDF started to be broken.
curred. As the spiral pattern allows the extraction of the surfaces during bending,
However, MDF material tends to brake in most of the bending trials, so the same pattern tried on Plywood as well as in Figure 30.
is applied. The square spiral pattern was the best option that has been explored. In the Figure32, the plywood surfaces are popping out when the bending is octhe pattern was the optimal choice for our geometry. After this pattern trial on a rectangular surface, it is also applied to our unrolled geometry.
