Airbus Group partitions

● The new lightweight cabin partitions being tested in the Airbus A320 optimize strength by MIMICKING CELL STRUCTURE and bone growth. Says Benyus: “When you get down to the level of design principle, [bone growth] really lends itself to algorithms. The designers took that partition, which is a solid piece and pretty heavy, and ran it through a program that knows where the lines of stress are going to be. Based on that, the program takes material away from where it’s not needed and puts it where it is.”

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