Table B-3. 9-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 2.767 0.083 87.80 77.97 0.28 45.97 74.01 28.04
0.99 2.770 0.097 85.97 74.90 0.32 41.28 72.00 30.72
0.98 2.773 0.110 84.16 71.92 0.37 37.37 70.10 32.73
0.97 2.776 0.123 82.36 69.03 0.41 34.05 68.31 34.26
0.96 2.779 0.136 80.58 66.23 0.46 31.18 66.59 35.42
0.95 2.782 0.149 78.83 63.51 0.51 28.66 64.95 36.28
0.94 2.785 0.163 77.09 60.88 0.55 26.44 63.37 36.92
0.93 2.789 0.176 75.36 58.33 0.60 24.46 61.84 37.37
0.92 2.792 0.189 73.66 55.86 0.65 22.68 60.35 37.67
0.91 2.795 0.202 71.98 53.47 0.69 21.08 58.92 37.84
0.90 2.798 0.216 70.31 51.16 0.74 19.62 57.52 37.90
0.89 2.801 0.229 68.66 48.92 0.79 18.29 56.15 37.86
0.88 2.804 0.243 67.03 46.76 0.84 17.07 54.82 37.75
0.87 2.807 0.256 65.42 44.67 0.89 15.95 53.51 37.56
0.86 2.811 0.270 63.83 42.65 0.94 14.91 52.23 37.32
0.85 2.814 0.283 62.25 40.70 0.99 13.96 50.98 37.02
0.84 2.817 0.297 60.70 38.82 1.04 13.07 49.75 36.68
0.83 2.820 0.310 59.16 37.00 1.10 12.25 48.54 36.30
0.82 2.823 0.324 57.64 35.25 1.15 11.48 47.36 35.88
0.81 2.826 0.338 56.14 33.56 1.20 10.76 46.19 35.42
0.80 2.830 0.351 54.66 31.94 1.25 10.10 45.04 34.94
0.79 2.833 0.365 53.19 30.37 1.31 9.47 43.91 34.43
0.78 2.836 0.379 51.75 28.86 1.36 8.89 42.79 33.90
0.77 2.839 0.392 50.32 27.41 1.42 8.34 41.69 33.35
0.76 2.843 0.406 48.91 26.01 1.47 7.82 40.61 32.78
0.75 2.846 0.420 47.52 24.67 1.53 7.34 39.53 32.20
0.74 2.849 0.434 46.15 23.38 1.58 6.88 38.48 31.59
0.73 2.852 0.448 44.80 22.14 1.64 6.46 37.44 30.98
0.72 2.856 0.462 43.46 20.95 1.70 6.05 36.41 30.35
0.71 2.859 0.476 42.14 19.81 1.76 5.68 35.39 29.71
0.70 2.862 0.490 40.85 18.72 1.82 5.32 34.39 29.07
0.69 2.865 0.504 39.57 17.67 1.88 4.98 33.39 28.41
0.68 2.869 0.518 38.30 16.67 1.94 4.67 32.41 27.75
0.67 2.872 0.532 37.06 15.71 2.00 4.37 31.45 27.08
0.66 2.875 0.546 35.84 14.80 2.06 4.08 30.49 26.41
0.65 2.879 0.560 34.63 13.92 2.12 3.82 29.54 25.73
0.64 2.882 0.574 33.44 13.08 2.18 3.57 28.61 25.04
0.63 2.885 0.589 32.27 12.28 2.24 3.33 27.69 24.36
0.62 2.889 0.603 31.12 11.52 2.31 3.11 26.78 23.67
0.61 2.892 0.617 29.99 10.80 2.37 2.90 25.87 22.98
0.60 2.895 0.631 28.88 10.11 2.44 2.70 24.99 22.29
0.59 2.899 0.646 27.78 9.45 2.50 2.51 24.11 21.59
0.58 2.902 0.660 26.70 8.82 2.57 2.34 23.24 20.90
0.57 2.905 0.675 25.64 8.23 2.64 2.17 22.38 20.21
0.56 2.909 0.689 24.60 7.67 2.71 2.01 21.54 19.52
0.55 2.912 0.704 23.58 7.14 2.78 1.87 20.70 18.83
0.54 2.915 0.718 22.58 6.63 2.84 1.73 19.88 18.15
0.53 2.919 0.733 21.59 6.15 2.92 1.60 19.06 17.46
0.52 2.922 0.747 20.63 5.70 2.99 1.48 18.26 16.78
0.51 2.926 0.762 19.68 5.28 3.06 1.36 17.47 16.11
0.50 2.929 0.776 18.75 4.87 3.13 1.26 16.69 15.44
0.49 2.933 0.791 17.84 4.49 3.20 1.16 15.93 14.77
0.48 2.936 0.806 16.94 4.14 3.28 1.06 15.17 14.11
0.47 2.939 0.821 16.07 3.80 3.35 0.97 14.43 13.45
0.46 2.943 0.835 15.21 3.49 3.43 0.89 13.69 12.80
0.45 2.946 0.850 14.37 3.20 3.51 0.82 12.97 12.16
0.44 2.950 0.865 13.56 2.92 3.59 0.74 12.26 11.52
0.43 2.953 0.880 12.75 2.67 3.66 0.68 11.57 10.89
0.42 2.957 0.895 11.97 2.43 3.74 0.62 10.88 10.27
0.41 2.960 0.910 11.21 2.20 3.82 0.56 10.21 9.65
0.40 2.964 0.925 10.46 2.00 3.91 0.51 9.55 9.05
0.39 2.967 0.940 9.73 1.80 3.99 0.46 8.91 8.45
0.38 2.971 0.955 9.03 1.63 4.07 0.41 8.28 7.87
0.37 2.974 0.970 8.33 1.46 4.16 0.37 7.66 7.29
0.36 2.978 0.985 7.66 1.31 4.24 0.33 7.05 6.72
0.35 2.982 1.000 7.01 1.17 4.33 0.29 6.46 6.17
0.34 2.985 1.016 6.37 1.04 4.42 0.26 5.88 5.62
0.33 2.989 1.031 5.76 0.92 4.51 0.23 5.32 5.09
0.32 2.992 1.046 5.16 0.82 4.60 0.21 4.77 4.56
0.31 2.996 1.062 4.58 0.72 4.69 0.18 4.23 4.05
0.30 2.999 1.077 4.02 0.63 4.78 0.16 3.71 3.55
0.29 3.003 1.092 3.47 0.55 4.87 0.14 3.21 3.07
0.28 3.007 1.108 2.95 0.48 4.97 0.12 2.72 2.60
0.27 3.010 1.123 2.44 0.41 5.06 0.10 2.24 2.14
0.26 3.014 1.139 1.95 0.36 5.16 0.09 1.78 1.69
0.25 3.018 1.154 1.48 0.30 5.26 0.08 1.33 1.26
0.24 3.021 1.170 1.03 0.26 5.36 0.06 0.91 0.84
0.23 3.025 1.186 0.60 0.22 5.46 0.05 0.49 0.44
0.22 3.029 1.201 0.19 0.18 5.56 0.05 0.10 0.05
0.21 3.032 1.217 -0.21 0.15 5.67 0.04 -0.29 -0.32
0.20 3.036 1.233 -0.59 0.12 5.77 0.03 -0.65 -0.68