Table B-1. 6-sided Spar, Polygon Exterior
Ratio A
or
I.D./O.D.
Ratio (M)
or
(O.D./L)
Ratio (K)
or
(H/L)
Weight Saving at same size Strengh Loss at same size Outside Waste Size Increase for same strength Weight Saving at same strength Arbitrary Score
      (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)  
1.00 1.792 0.120 72.43 56.25 0.89 22.96 58.32 35.37
0.99 1.796 0.128 70.79 54.03 0.95 21.45 56.91 35.47
0.98 1.800 0.136 69.16 51.88 1.01 20.07 55.54 35.47
0.97 1.804 0.144 67.55 49.80 1.07 18.80 54.20 35.39
0.96 1.808 0.152 65.95 47.78 1.14 17.63 52.88 35.25
0.95 1.812 0.161 64.37 45.82 1.20 16.56 51.60 35.04
0.94 1.816 0.169 62.81 43.92 1.27 15.56 50.34 34.78
0.93 1.821 0.177 61.26 42.08 1.33 14.63 49.10 34.47
0.92 1.825 0.185 59.73 40.30 1.39 13.76 47.88 34.12
0.91 1.829 0.194 58.22 38.57 1.46 12.96 46.69 33.73
0.90 1.833 0.202 56.72 36.91 1.53 12.20 45.51 33.31
0.89 1.837 0.211 55.24 35.29 1.59 11.50 44.36 32.86
0.88 1.842 0.219 53.78 33.73 1.66 10.83 43.22 32.38
0.87 1.846 0.228 52.33 32.23 1.73 10.21 42.09 31.88
0.86 1.850 0.236 50.90 30.77 1.80 9.63 40.99 31.36
0.85 1.854 0.245 49.48 29.36 1.86 9.08 39.90 30.82
0.84 1.859 0.253 48.09 28.01 1.93 8.56 38.82 30.26
0.83 1.863 0.262 46.71 26.70 2.00 8.07 37.75 29.68
0.82 1.867 0.271 45.34 25.43 2.07 7.61 36.70 29.09
0.81 1.872 0.279 43.99 24.21 2.15 7.18 35.67 28.49
0.80 1.876 0.288 42.66 23.04 2.22 6.77 34.64 27.87
0.79 1.881 0.297 41.35 21.91 2.29 6.38 33.63 27.25
0.78 1.885 0.306 40.05 20.82 2.36 6.01 32.63 26.62
0.77 1.889 0.315 38.77 19.77 2.44 5.66 31.64 25.97
0.76 1.894 0.324 37.50 18.77 2.51 5.33 30.66 25.32
0.75 1.898 0.333 36.25 17.80 2.59 5.02 29.69 24.67
0.74 1.903 0.342 35.02 16.87 2.66 4.73 28.73 24.01
0.73 1.907 0.351 33.80 15.97 2.74 4.45 27.79 23.34
0.72 1.912 0.360 32.61 15.12 2.82 4.18 26.85 22.67
0.71 1.917 0.369 31.42 14.29 2.89 3.93 25.92 21.99
0.70 1.921 0.378 30.26 13.51 2.97 3.69 25.01 21.32
0.69 1.926 0.388 29.11 12.75 3.05 3.47 24.10 20.64
0.68 1.930 0.397 27.97 12.03 3.13 3.26 23.21 19.95
0.67 1.935 0.406 26.86 11.34 3.21 3.05 22.32 19.27
0.66 1.940 0.416 25.76 10.67 3.30 2.86 21.45 18.59
0.65 1.945 0.425 24.67 10.04 3.38 2.68 20.58 17.90
0.64 1.949 0.434 23.61 9.44 3.46 2.51 19.73 17.22
0.63 1.954 0.444 22.56 8.86 3.54 2.35 18.88 16.53
0.62 1.959 0.454 21.52 8.31 3.63 2.19 18.04 15.85
0.61 1.964 0.463 20.51 7.79 3.71 2.05 17.22 15.17
0.60 1.968 0.473 19.51 7.29 3.80 1.91 16.40 14.49
0.59 1.973 0.483 18.52 6.82 3.89 1.78 15.59 13.81
0.58 1.978 0.492 17.55 6.37 3.98 1.66 14.80 13.14
0.57 1.983 0.502 16.60 5.94 4.07 1.54 14.01 12.47
0.56 1.988 0.512 15.67 5.53 4.16 1.43 13.23 11.80
0.55 1.993 0.522 14.75 5.15 4.25 1.33 12.47 11.14
0.54 1.998 0.532 13.85 4.78 4.34 1.23 11.71 10.48
0.53 2.003 0.542 12.96 4.44 4.43 1.14 10.97 9.82
0.52 2.008 0.552 12.10 4.11 4.52 1.06 10.23 9.18
0.51 2.013 0.562 11.24 3.81 4.62 0.97 9.51 8.53
0.50 2.018 0.572 10.41 3.52 4.71 0.90 8.79 7.89
0.49 2.023 0.582 9.59 3.24 4.81 0.83 8.09 7.26
0.48 2.028 0.593 8.79 2.99 4.91 0.76 7.40 6.63
0.47 2.034 0.603 8.00 2.74 5.00 0.70 6.71 6.02
0.46 2.039 0.613 7.23 2.52 5.10 0.64 6.04 5.40
0.45 2.044 0.624 6.48 2.31 5.20 0.59 5.38 4.80
0.44 2.049 0.634 5.74 2.11 5.30 0.53 4.74 4.20
0.43 2.054 0.645 5.03 1.92 5.41 0.49 4.10 3.61
0.42 2.060 0.655 4.32 1.75 5.51 0.44 3.47 3.03
0.41 2.065 0.666 3.64 1.59 5.62 0.40 2.86 2.46
0.40 2.070 0.677 2.97 1.44 5.72 0.36 2.26 1.90
0.39 2.076 0.687 2.31 1.30 5.83 0.33 1.67 1.34
0.38 2.081 0.698 1.68 1.17 5.94 0.30 1.09 0.80
0.37 2.087 0.709 1.06 1.05 6.04 0.27 0.53 0.26
0.36 2.092 0.720 0.45 0.94 6.15 0.24 -0.02 -0.26
0.35 2.097 0.731 -0.14 0.84 6.27 0.21 -0.56 -0.77
0.34 2.103 0.742 -0.71 0.75 6.38 0.19 -1.09 -1.28
0.33 2.109 0.753 -1.26 0.67 6.49 0.17 -1.60 -1.77
0.32 2.114 0.764 -1.80 0.59 6.61 0.15 -2.10 -2.25
0.31 2.120 0.775 -2.32 0.52 6.72 0.13 -2.59 -2.72
0.30 2.125 0.787 -2.82 0.46 6.84 0.11 -3.06 -3.17
0.29 2.131 0.798 -3.31 0.40 6.96 0.10 -3.52 -3.62
0.28 2.137 0.809 -3.78 0.35 7.08 0.09 -3.96 -4.05
0.27 2.142 0.821 -4.24 0.30 7.20 0.07 -4.39 -4.47
0.26 2.148 0.832 -4.68 0.26 7.33 0.06 -4.81 -4.87
0.25 2.154 0.844 -5.10 0.22 7.45 0.06 -5.21 -5.27
0.24 2.160 0.855 -5.50 0.19 7.58 0.05 -5.60 -5.65
0.23 2.166 0.867 -5.89 0.16 7.70 0.04 -5.97 -6.01
0.22 2.171 0.879 -6.26 0.13 7.83 0.03 -6.33 -6.37
0.21 2.177 0.891 -6.62 0.11 7.96 0.03 -6.68 -6.70
0.20 2.183 0.903 -6.96 0.09 8.10 0.02 -7.01 -7.03