The prestressability problem of tensegrity structures: Some analytical solutions

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 38, Issue 30-31, 2001, Pages 5223-5252

  Sultan, Cornel ^a   Corless, Martin ^b   Skelton, Robert E ^c  

^a Tensegra Inc   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical solutions; Prestressability; Tensegrity structures

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PRESTRESSING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

TENSEGRITY STRUCTURES;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035827278     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7683(00)00401-7     Document Type: Article

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