Published June 1, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Simulation of the honeycomb construction process

  • 1. Institute Of Structural Mechanics, China Academy Of Engineering Physics, MIANYANG SICHUAN 621900 (China)

Description

The construction process of the honeycomb by bees is an astonishing process. The original structure which the bees built is nothing more than a lot of rough cylinders. But keeping the beeswax semi-flow for a certain time, those rough structures become perfect hexahedral columns. A modified, simplified particle method was used here to simulate the semi-flow state of the material. Although the parameters used here were still rather subjective, the simulation still could demonstrate some behavior of that sort of material like beeswax. And the method that the bees used to build their honey comb, could be an efficient method to imitate when we are trying to manufacture cellular materials.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/10/1/012143

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
IOP Conference Series. Materials Science and Engineering (Online)
Journal Volume
10
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[4 p.]
ISSN
1757-899X

Conference

Title
9. world congress on computational mechanics; 4. Asian Pacific congress on computational mechanics
Dates
19-23 Jul 2010
Place
Sydney (Australia)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
44042654
Subject category
S42: ENGINEERING; S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BEES; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION; CYLINDERS; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
Descriptors DEC
ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTS; INVERTEBRATES; SIMULATION