Zero stiffness tensegrity structures

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 44, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 6569-6583

  Schenk, M ^a   Guest, S D ^b   Herder, J L ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affine transformations; Projective conic; Static balancing; Tensegrity mechanisms; Tensegrity structures; Zero stiffness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; STIFFNESS; TENSILE TESTING; VECTORS;

AFFINE TRANSFORMATIONS; PROJECTIVE CONIC; STATIC BALANCING; TENSEGRITY MECHANISMS; TENSEGRITY STRUCTURES; ZERO STIFFNESS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547751337     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2007.02.041     Document Type: Article

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