Novel cable-strut grids made of prisms: Part II. Deployable and architectural studies

Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures

Volumn 44, Issue 142, 2003, Pages 109-125

  Wang, BinBing ^a   Li, YanYun ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Architecture; Cable Strut; Deployable; Morphology; Prism; Space Truss; Tensegrity

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CABLE SUPPORTED ROOFS; LOADS (FORCES); MORPHOLOGY; PRISMS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TRUSSES;

CABLE-STRUT GRIDS; RELEASING CABLE METHOD; SAPCE TRUSSES; TENSEGRITY;

STRUTS;

EID: 2942559064     PISSN: 03043622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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