An introduction to the mechanics of tensegrity structures

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

Volumn 5, Issue , 2001, Pages 4254-4259

  Skelton, Robert E ^a   Adhikari, Rajesh ^a   Pinaud, Jean Paul ^a   Chan, Waileung ^a   Helton, J William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARS (METAL); COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TENSILE STRESS;

COMPRESSIVE MEMBER; STABLE TENSEGRITY UNIT; TENSEGRITY STRUCTURE;

SYSTEM STABILITY;

EID: 0035706830     PISSN: 01912216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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