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In order to better understand how changing different dimensions of the struts would affect the shape and size of the table, we defined three angles that determine the orientation of the strut and derived an equation to divulge their relationship
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FEA analysis was performed on 3 initial designs and 14 different combinations of strut angles through a three round selection process
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Novel epoxy cardboard composite material was developed to achieve the ideal young's modulus to density ratio within budget
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ASTM Bending and Creep tests were performed to determine the performance of 3 layer and 4 layer samples of specially fabricated epoxy cardboard composite material
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