A class of expandable polyhedral structures

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 1119-1137

  Kovacs F ^a   Tarnai, T ^b   Fowler, P W ^c   Guest, S D ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deployable retractable structures; Group theory; Mechanism; Mobility criteria; Regular polyhedra; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SWELLING; VIRUSES;

POLYHEDRAL STRUCTURES;

SOLID STATE PHYSICS;

EXPANSION; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT;

EID: 0346670138     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2003.09.046     Document Type: Article

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