This might also be helpful in building a ship's "bones:"
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I could certainly see a ramscoop maw/Doomsday Machine if nothing else.
Building better, building beautiful: Novel method allows more architects to design attractive gridshell structures
A researcher from the University of Tokyo and a U.S.-based structural engineer developed a new computational form-finding method that could change how architects and engineers design lightweight and free-form structures covering large spaces. The technique specifically helps create gridshells...
I could certainly see a ramscoop maw/Doomsday Machine if nothing else.