Molecular Machinery: различия между версиями

Successfully simulating the SRG-II required two attempts. The first simulation of the SRG-IIa uncovered a design flaw in the casing, which was corrected in the SRG-IIb. The problem involved the top and bottom crossbeams that connected the front and back faces of the casing, which compressed the casing too tightly around the gears. Below you can see the difference between the casings of the SRG-IIa (left) and SRG-IIb (right). Notice the two upper and lower crossbeams missing from the SRG-IIb.

I also removed material from the left and right casing walls, creating four crossbeams at the corners. This reduced the number of atoms while maintaining the shape and rigidity of the casing structure. The rightmost image shows the casing, which is made of silicon carbide (SiC), a rigid material well suited for designing enclosures like this. It is displayed in '''''tubes display style''''' so that the two gears can be more easily seen. The gears are displayed in the '''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-filling_model CPK display style]'''''.