Dodecagonal Near Misses

These polyhedra are also presented as 'Stress Maps', a bespoke form of VRML model for showing distortion in such models.  More information on Stress Maps and distortion is available here.


12-5-4 Near miss

Alex Doskey discovered this fascinating polyhedron with a tetrahedral symmetry.  All sides contain distortion, although I have minimised the distortion to the dodecagonal faces (stress map).  Distortion: (E=0.142, P=5.19, A=118°)


12-6-3 Near Miss

Mason Green discovered this tantalisingly close crown shaped object, which he terms a 'hexacastle'.  The distortion is limited to the triangles with the triangle -triangle edges extended by some 1%  (stress map).  Distortion: (E=0.09, P=0, A=24°)


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