Symbolic Stiffness Optimization of Planar Tensegrity Structures

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 181-193

  De Jager, Bram ^a   Skelton, Robert E ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Structrual optimization; Symbolic computation; Tensegrity; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUILDING MATERIALS; CANTILEVER BEAMS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TENDONS; TOPOLOGY;

SYMBOLIC COMPUTATION; TENSEGRITY; TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION;

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 1642602598     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X04039212     Document Type: Conference Paper

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