Review of a family of self-deploying tensegrity structures with elastic ties

Shock and Vibration Digest

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 100-106

  Duffy, J ^a   Rooney, J ^b   Knight, B ^c   Crane III, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Institute of Educational Technology

^c Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRUTS;

SELF-DEPLOYING TENSEGRITY STRUCTURES;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES);

EID: 0033872634     PISSN: 05831024     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.1177/058310240003200202     Document Type: Article

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