A novel approach to physical modelling - Formfinding of tensegrity systems

Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures

Volumn 44, Issue 141, 2003, Pages 15-24

  Popovic, Olga ^a   Sakantamis, Konstantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Formfinding; Tensegrity Polyhedrons; Tensegrity Systems

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STABILITY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TENSILE STRESS;

FORMFINDING; TENSEGRITY POLYHEDRONS; TENSEGRITY SYSTEMS;

STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

EID: 1842655893     PISSN: 03043622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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