MIT new 3D chainmail interlock system with ten times the stiffness by weight will revolutionize assembly of airplanes, spacecraft, and even larger structures
Researchers invent a new approach to assembling big structures — even airplanes and bridges — out of small interlocking composite components. MIT researchers have developed a lightweight structure whose tiny blocks can be snapped together much like the bricks of a child’s construction toy. The new material, the researchers say, could revolutionize the assembly of …