Theory of incompatible substructure problem

Schedule

• 19th December, 2014 : Submit final draft of incompatible substructure paper to Marco
• 30th November, 2014 : Finish results, create plots

Parameters

• Components
  • Radius of each component: 25 mm
  • Thickness of each component: 8 mm
  • Radius of magnet: 1.5 mm
  • Strength of magnet: N48
  • Polyamide

• Container
  • Radius of container: 125 mm
  • Depth of container: 9 mm
  • Material: Acrylic

• Shaker
  • Mode: Orbital shaking
  • Speed: 300 rpm
  • Duration for shaking: until stable structures are formed

Experiments

• Assembly of 1 target structure
• Assembly of 2 target structures
• Assembly of 3 target structures
• Assembly of 4 target structures
• Assembly of 5 target structures

Particulars of experiments (10 trials each)

• Photos of initial condition and final condition
• Self-assembly experiment at different speeds:
  • Run each experiment till self-assembly of one, two, three and four target structures
  • Use different speeds starting from lowest speed (= when components start to move) and increment speed by 25 rpm till target structure breaks.
• Assembly of one target structure (Data to be collected: number of individual components, number of compatible substructures, number of incompatible substructures, number of targets)
• Results to show
  • Result 1
  • Result 2
  • Result 3
  • Result 4