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The triangle is the strongest geometric shape, as it holds its shape and has a base which is very strong. The triangle is common in all sorts of building supports and trusses.
If all three sides of a triangle are made of rigid material, the angles are fixed and cannot get larger or smaller without breaking at the joints, unlike a rectangle, for example, which can turn into a parallelogram and even collapse totally. If you take a rectangle and place one diagonal piece from corner to corner, you can make that strong and stable, too, but doing that makes two triangles.
It depends on the circumstances. If you want rigidity, triangles are the best, and the octet-truss is the strongest structure in this circumstance because of the rigidity of triangles. However if its resistance to compression you want its a tessellation of hexagons, and a lorimerlite framework is the strongest truss in this circumstance. Also a sphere is the strongest stand alone shape in circumstances of uniform compression in all directions, hence the use of domed submarine windows and space sut helmets.
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The triangle.
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geometric shape.
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It really depends on what kind of strength you are looking for, a triangle is the strongest shape when rigidity is what is needed (so when you want to have a strong cantilever structure or a general structure that can resist a variety of stresses). It's difficult to say what might be the second strongest shape in such circumstances, but maybe a triangle that is not equilateral, but this is an over simplification. An octet-truss is the strongest structure for cantilevering because of the strength of the triangle However if its 'hardness' you're looking for, or resistance to purely compression, a tessellation of hexagons is your strongest shape, and therefore perhapse an irregular hexagon is your second strongest. A lorimerlite framework is the strongest truss under compression because of the strength of hexagons.
Do all trusses use geometric shapes?
By definition, yes. Any shape is a geometric shape.
