Expandable "blob" structures

Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures

Volumn 46, Issue 149, 2005, Pages 151-158

  Jensen, F ^a   Pellegrino, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deployable structure; Mechanism; Pantograph

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURES; INTERNAL MOBILITY; PANTOGRAPH;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 32344433788     PISSN: 03043622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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