30 Flexible shells and thin films
Use flexible shells and thin films instead of three dimensional structures
• Use inflatable (thin film) structures as winter covers on tennis courts.
Isolate the object from the external environment using flexible shells and thin films.
• Float a film of bipolar material (one end hydrophilic, one end hydrophobic) on a reservoir to limit evaporation.
• Use inflatable (thin film) structures as winter covers on tennis courts.
Isolate the object from the external environment using flexible shells and thin films.
• Float a film of bipolar material (one end hydrophilic, one end hydrophobic) on a reservoir to limit evaporation.
Is this principle frequently used?
This principle is rarely used with 67 instances in the matrix.This principle is proposed to solve the following contradictions:
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1/36 2/6 2/23 4/25 4/39 5/9 5/10 5/22 5/24 5/26 5/35 5/38 6/2 6/16 6/22 6/24 6/37 7/26 7/33 8/21 8/31 9/5 9/17 12/14 12/29 13/23 13/30 13/33 13/35 14/12 14/17 15/7 17/9 17/14 17/18 17/26 18/12 19/32 21/8 21/36 22/5 22/6 23/7 23/13 23/30 24/5 24/6 25/4 25/27 25/38 26/29 27/25 29/12 29/13 29/26 30/13 31/8 33/13 35/5 35/13 36/1 36/21 37/6 37/10 37/13 38/25 39/4
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