The application of nonlinear programming to the design and validation of tensegrity structures with special attention to skew prisms

Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures

Volumn 47, Issue 150, 2006, Pages 3-15

  Burkhardt, Robert ^a  

^a Box 426164   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Floating compression; Nonlinear programming; Prism; Skew; Tensegrity; Validation

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

FLOATING COMPRESSION; SKEW; TENSEGRITY; VALIDATION;

PRISMS;

EID: 33646732987     PISSN: 03043622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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