On the elastica solution of a T3 tensegrity structure

Archive of Applied Mechanics

Volumn 76, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 481-496

  Pirentis, A P ^a   Lazopoulos, K A ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Elastica; Perturbation methods; Stability; Tensegrity

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TENDONS;

CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICA; TENSEGRITY;

STABILITY;

EID: 33750730995     PISSN: 09391533     EISSN: 14320681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00419-006-0051-7     Document Type: Article

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