I am going to investigate different sized cubes, made up of single unit rods and justify formulae for the number of rods and joints in the cubes.

... Higher Tier Coursework Structures - 2003 Owen Gates Introduction I am going to investigate different sized cubes, made up of single unit rods and justify formulae for the number of rods and joints in the cubes. The cubes are made from single unit rods and are not hollow, meaning that the unit rods are constructed inside the cube making smaller, similar cubes inside of the default one. The only cube not to be made up of smaller cubes, will be the 1x1x1 cube as this is the simplest form of cube and will, therefore not have any unit rods inside it. An example of a 2x2x2 cube is shown below. The individual unit rods in the structure are held together by a series of different types of joints, as shown below. 3 joints - found on the vertices of the cube and connect three different

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