The analysis of tensegrity structures for the design of a morphing wing

Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 668-676

  Moored, Keith W ^a   Bart Smith, Hilary ^a  

^a University of Virginia

Author keywords

Actuation; Biomimetics; Force density; Morphing wing; Optimization; Tensegrity

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; MANEUVERABILITY; STRUCTURAL LOADS; WATER CRAFT; WINGS;

FORCE DENSITY; MORPHING WING;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 34548201701     PISSN: 00218936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2424718     Document Type: Article

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