Adjustable tensegrity structures

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 515-526

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

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Space structures; Tension; Tests

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPACTION; CYCLIC LOADS; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

COMPRESSION MEMBERS; MODULAR STRUCTURES; SPACE STRUCTURES; VERTICAL LOADS;

TENSILE TESTING;

EID: 1642347037     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2003)129:4(515)     Document Type: Article

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