Equilibrium conditions of a tensegrity structure

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 40, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 6347-6367

  Williamson, Darrell ^a   Skelton, Robert E ^b   Han, Jeongheon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Equilibrium conditions; Linear algebra; Statics; Structure; Tensegrity

Indexed keywords

LINEAR ALGEBRA; VECTORS;

TENSEGRITY EQUILIBRIA;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0141683641     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7683(03)00400-1     Document Type: Article

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