Dynamics of the shell class of tensegrity structures

Journal of the Franklin Institute

Volumn 338, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 255-320

  Skelton, Robert E ^a   Pinaud, Jean Paul ^a   Mingori, D L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; CONTROLLABILITY; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYSTEM STABILITY; TENSILE STRESS; TRUSSES;

NONLINEAR MASS MATRIX; TENSEGRITY STRUCTURES;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035278177     PISSN: 00160032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-0032(00)00078-8     Document Type: Article

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