Patent ID: 6599611
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: E01C,E02D,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of making a composite structure from a support structure, on a base, the support structure being formed from a framework comprising a tube of a flexible material divided by dividing walls of a flexible material into an array of compartments running the length of the tube, the compartments being arranged in rows and columns so that the tube divided by dividing walls has a honeycomb structure, which method includes the steps of:(a) locating the framework on the base; (b) filling some or all of the compartments with a filler material; wherein the framework includes compartments of a first compartment size and a second compartment size and the compartments of the second compartment size are a quarter of the size of the compartments of the first compartment size, the size of a compartment being the cross-sectional area thereof at right angles to the axis of the compartment.