Weaire-Phelan structure

English

Etymology

Named after Denis Weaire and Robert Phelan, who in 1993 found that this structure was a better solution to the Kelvin problem of tiling space by equal-volume cells of minimum surface area than the previous best-known solution, the Kelvin structure.

Noun

Weaire-Phelan structure (plural Weaire-Phelan structures)

1. (geometry) A three-dimensional structure representing an idealized foam of equal-sized bubbles, with two different shapes.