Sentences with phrase «into hexagonal»

The Next Gen Heliostats appear to almost double in size by 2013 - 2014 from the ST3 heliostats used at Bikaner, and a conceptual 100 MW sized Power Tower Plant image shows the corners of the heliostat fields cropped into hexagonal shapes reducing the modular field cost and footprint.

He flew in tropical Australia and noticed the pattern of thermals organising themselves first into a hexagonal pattern which then breaks up into rows and then thunderstorms.

Gameplay in For the King focuses on exploration (our party moves in turns through a map divided into hexagonal tiles, traveling not only on foot, but also by boat) and fighting with the encountered enemies.

The map was partitioned into a hexagonal grid — the inspiration for which came from the popular board game Carcassonne, Fox explained.

«Transformation of graphite into hexagonal diamond documented.»

Their work clearly showed the graphite sample transformed into the hexagonal form of diamond before being obliterated into dust.

But graphite, the form of carbon found in pencil lead but also found coating the surface of many particles of interstellar dust, is also made of one - atom - thick sheets of carbon atoms arranged into hexagonal rings.

A little mineral crystal can act as a template, coaxing water molecules on its surface to organize into the hexagonal lattice of an ice crystal.

To make a spool - shaped flake, a crystal begins to form into a hexagonal pillar in a region that's about 20 degrees Fahrenheit before it drifts into another zone and «has a crystal midlife crisis,» Libbrecht says.

If we think this way about symmetry, careful analysis shows that, when marbles arrange themselves into the hexagonal pattern, just six of the infinite number of symmetries in the shape of the marbles are expressed or manifested in their final arrangement.

Not exact matches

Physics requires the marbles to lower their gravitational potential energy as much as possible by squeezing down into the corner, which leads to the geometry of hexagonal packing.

Hexagonal flex grooves are cut into the outsole for a natural ride.

Video 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYcg-lZdthY (0:00) Droplets coated with nanosurfactants are hit with a laser which clumps the droplets into a two - dimensional hexagonal structure and rotates them much like gears.

The 4 - inch balls are restricted to a two - dimensional plane, so they tend to organize into efficient hexagonal grids, much like the atoms in crystals.

Snow crystals can grow into a wide variety of shapes, ranging from thin, plate - like flakes to slender hexagonal columns, and what shape they take depends on the temperature in which they grow.

To fit inside its rocket, the JWST's 6.5 - metre - high reflector, six times larger than Hubble's, is folded into 18 hexagonal pieces, which will assemble to function as a single giant mirror once the telescope is in orbit.

First - principles calculations determined that the electron barrier, established at the interface of the PEI / hexagonal boron - nitride structure and the metal electrodes applied to the structure to deliver, current is significantly higher than typical metal electrode - dielectric polymer contacts, making it more difficult for charges from the electrode to be injected into the film.

The intriguing revelation that 12 pentagonal «defects» convert a planar hexagonal array of any size into a quasi-icosahedral cage explains why some intrinsically planar materials form quasi-crystalline particles, as appears to occur in the case of soot.

Now, Thomas Hales of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, has shown that a hexagonal honeycomb has walls with the shortest total length, per unit area, of any design that divides a plane into equal - sized cells.

Hales, however, showed that a beehive's hexagonal compartments optimize the gains and losses when the effect of each cell on its neighbors is taken into account, giving the most efficient overall arrangement.

Using diamond anvil cells (DAC), the team applied 2.5 GPa of pressure (25 thousand atmospheres) to pre-compress water into the room - temperature ice VII, a cubic crystalline form that is different from «ice - cube» hexagonal ice, in addition to being 60 percent denser than water at ambient pressure and temperature.

The team finds that the mineral disassociates into two phases one a magnesium silicate perovskite missing iron, which is represented by the Fe portion of the chemical formula, and a new mineral, that is iron - rich and hexagonal in structure, called the H - phase.

«Various hexagonal boron nitride single crystal morphology — triangle to hexagon — formulations have been mentioned in theoretical studies, but for the first time we have demonstrated and explained the process,» says postdoctoral associate Yijing Stehle, of ORNL» [We created] a more gentle, controllable way to release the reactant into the furnace and [figured] out how to take advantage of inner furnace conditions.

Hexagonal diamond or lonsdaleite is harder than the type of diamond typically worn on an engagement ring and is thought to be naturally made when large, graphite - bearing meteorites slam into Earth.

These regularities include the appearance of new peaks in the absorption spectrum of electromagnetic radiation with different polarization, as well as qualitative differences in the dynamics of the wave packet that are manifested when hexagonal distortion or corrugation of the spectrum is taken into account.

The hexagonal rear valance that rises up into the shallow boot continues the car's minimalist theme with a pair of silver exhaust tips at either side.

Up front, both the base 230i and mid-level M240i gain standard bi-LED headlights with a new hexagonal shape surrounded by daytime running light rings and capped by a revised «eyebrow» integrated into the housing.

Within the headlights, the lighting technology familiar from the M8 GTE endurance racer provides a dynamic, hexagonal interpretation of BMW's signature four - eyed front end, distilling elements of modern - day motor sport and luxurious quality into its inner details.

Although not immediately apparent at first glance, the frame is in an octagonal shape (previous Audis have had hexagonal surrounds), and each of the points results in a body character line, streaming off into the hood, the headlamps and so on.

The carbon - fibre cladding running around the lip of the front wheel - arches seeps forward into the front bumper assembly, and is home to hexagonal daytime running LED lights and fog lamps.

A large single - frame hexagonal grille is flanked by slim and sporty headlights, flowing into the sculpted body panels.

Inside, the car places its infotainment system into a section of the dashboard and the instrument display is hexagonal in shape with a digital screen.

The hexagonal grille is a bit larger as well, but overall Mini is settling into a Porsche 911 - like evolutionary path — no need to mess with success.

For example, the roofline with roof rails, the reinterpretation of the hexagonal radiator grille on the Cooper S models, and the prominent headlight units integrated into the bonnet.

On the New Generation i20, Hyundai Motor's key design element — the hexagonal grille — flows into stylish bi-function headlamps with LED daytime running lights.

Letting light into the cabin is a multi-paneled sky light with hexagonal glass inserts that enhance the Cross GT's premium design aesthetic.

The front now features a prominent hexagonal grille that gets two massive chrome slats that flow into the projector headlamps.

They had come to the edge of the Arrivals Hall, where the countless rows of emergence cells ended and a large hexagonal doorway led into a smaller chamber.

Visit Giant's Causeway where some 40,000 closely - packed hexagonal columns descend like a staircase into the sea.

You'll be battling for control of Gateway city which is made up of six randomly chosen hexagonal districts that surround a central district, but standing in your way are other players, the city guards tasked with keeping order and even invading monsters whose sole goal is to trash stuff, thus not only do you want to score the most Infamy points by the end of the game but you also need to stop the city from getting overrun by the monster hordes otherwise it's game over for everyone, bringing a sort of semi-cooperative element into the experience.

For some reason hexagonal power discs aren't allowed in here and give that scary error message, so you'll need to go into the actual Toy Box in order to use these power discs.

The entrance facade, in the southern cylinder, is a wall of glass flanked by square corner pilasters, while the northern cylinder is illuminated by 56 hexagonal windows inserted into the diagonal brick grid of the frame.

Set within a hexagonal pavilion, the installation features three projects set opposite three mirrored walls, transforming them into a three - dimensional screen.

The exhibition will also include «Infinity Mirrored Room — Love Forever» (1966/1994), a hexagonal chamber into which viewers peer from the outside to see colored flashing lights that reflect endlessly from ceiling to floor.

Situated in a hexagonal space built into the gallery, the artist projects his film about cellphone inventor Martin Cooper projected onto three mirrored walls, reflecting the piece's hypnotic imagery in a continuous, disorienting loop.

Beginning with the milestone installation Infinity Mirror Room — Phalli's Field filled with hundreds of red - spotted phallic tubers, the exhibition will also include Infinity Mirror Room — Love Forever, a hexagonal box with a peephole and reflecting flashing lights, Dots Obsession — Love Transformed into Dots, the room filled with balloon sculptures of vinyl, the Obliteration Room, an all - white replica of a domestic setting that will be covered with colorful dots, and more recent Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity and Souls of Millions of Light Years Away, spectacular LED environments filled with lanterns or crystalline balls.

Ariel Hassan's triangular and hexagonal works are each made from a single sheet of paper that has been cut into 72 and 180 individual small units respectively.

Hexagonal in shape and mirrored on all sides, Love Forever features two peepholes that invite you to peer in and see both yourself and another viewer repeated into infinity.

The exhibition is set within a hexagonal pavilion built into the gallery space, featuring three projectors set opposite to three mirrored walls.