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Old 03-31-2017, 10:07 AM   #1
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ANyone have the volume of a standard hex?
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Old 03-31-2017, 10:11 AM   #2
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A standard hex is one yard wide and 4 yards tall. Assuming a circular base, it ends up being exactly pi cubic yards in volume.
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Old 03-31-2017, 10:45 AM   #3
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Th area of a 1-yard hex is (3/4)(sqrt) 2 square yards, 0r 1.06 square yards. At 4 yards high, that comes to 4.24 square yards.
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Old 03-31-2017, 10:47 AM   #4
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A standard hex is one yard wide and 4 yards tall. Assuming a circular base, it ends up being exactly pi cubic yards in volume.
This wasn't immediate obvious to me, so I thought I'd run the numbers for you doubters.

Area of a cylinder = pi•r^2 • height

In our case, the radius, r = ½y
and height = 4y
where y = 1 yard

So, pi•(y/2)^2•4y = pi • (y^2 / 4) • 4y = pi • y^3 • 4 / 4 = pi•y^3
= 3.14 cubic yards

I'm surprised it's so much less than the hexagon value.

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Old 03-31-2017, 10:53 AM   #5
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This wasn't immediate obvious to me, so I thought I'd run the numbers for you doubters.

Area of a cylinder = pi•r^2 • height

In our case, the radius, r = ½y
and height = 4y
where y = 1 yard

So, pi•(y/2)^2•4y = pi • (y^2 / 4) • 4y = pi • y^3 • 4 / 4 = pi•y^3
= 3.14 square yards

I'm surprised it's so much less than the hexagon value.
Did you mean cubic yards, there?
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Old 03-31-2017, 11:03 AM   #6
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I get a different value for the hexagon area. 3*1/(2 sqrt(3))*1 square yard, leading to a 3.464 cubic yard volume.
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Old 03-31-2017, 11:15 AM   #7
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I get a different value for the hexagon area. 3*1/(2 sqrt(3))*1 square yard, leading to a 3.464 cubic yard volume.
Is your hex 1 yard from corner-to-corner or side-to-side?
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Old 03-31-2017, 11:24 AM   #8
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I get a different value for the hexagon area. 3*1/(2 sqrt(3))*1 square yard, leading to a 3.464 cubic yard volume.
A hex is basically six equilateral triangles. The area of a triangle is ½bh. A GURPS hex is 1 yard wide, from side to side.

Set y = 1 yard.
This means the area of each triangle, ½bh = ½ • (1/SQRT(3))y • (½)y
= (1/(4•SQRT(3)))•y^2.
Since six of these triangles make a hex, hex area = (6/(4•SQRT(3)))y^2.
The volume is 4y high, so hex volume = 4y•(6/(4•SQRT(3)))y^2 = (6/SQRT(3))•y^3
= 3.46 cubic yards, in agreement with Bill Stoddard, which pleases me no end.

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Old 03-31-2017, 11:31 AM   #9
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A standard hex is one yard wide and 4 yards tall. Assuming a circular base, it ends up being exactly pi cubic yards in volume.
A hex does not have a circular base, but a hexagonal one.

Assume a distance of 1 yard from hex center to hex center. Then the distance from hex center to the middle of a given edge is 0.5 yard. We can divide the hex into six equilateral triangles. Taking the line from the hex center to the middle of the edge as the adjacent side, and applying a bit of trigonometry, we get that the line from the center to the vertex is 0.57735 yards, and therefore any exterior side must be the same length, because the triangle is equilateral. Its area is therefore 0.1443 square yards, and the area of the entire hex is 0.866 square yards, or just about 13/15 square yards. Since the height is 4 yards, the volume is 3.464 cubic yards.

For comparison, an inscribed circle has radius 0.5 yards and area 0.785 square yards, and a circumscribed circle has radius 0.57735 yards and area 1.047 square yards. The former gives volume equal to pi; the latter gives volume equal to 4.1888 cubic yards.
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