Tensegrity prisms as adaptive structures

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Aerospace Division (Publication) AD

Volumn 54, Issue , 1997, Pages 113-120

  Oppenheim, Irving J ^a   Williams, William O ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ADAPTIVE STRUCTURES; TENSEGRITY PRISMS;

INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES;

EID: 0031368625     PISSN: 07334230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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