Active tensegrity structure

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1454-1465

  Fest, Etienne ^a   Shea, Kristina ^b   Smith, Ian F C ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control; Space structures; Tension; Tests

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ALGORITHMS; ANTENNAS; CONTROL; ROOFS; SENSORS;

MODULAR STRUCTURE; SPACE STRUCTURES; TENSION; TESTS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 13844275581     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2004)130:10(1454)     Document Type: Article

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