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  • Eheran@lemmy.worldto3DPrinting@lemmy.worldSometimes fewer walls are better
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    4 months ago

    Shouldn’t that be obvious? The same way a bundle of hair is softer than a rod of the same thickness. The extreme of this are sandwiches like carbon - lightweight core - carbon. There, the parts that experience the biggest forces (the outermost layer in tension) is extremely stiff, while the core only needs to withstand compression to keep both apart.