A marching procedure for form-finding for tensegrity structures

Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 857-882

  Micheletti, Andrea ^a   Williams, William O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Limit placements; Marching processes; Rank deficiency manifold; Stability analysis; Tensegrity structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548651198     PISSN: 15593959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2140/jomms.2007.2.857     Document Type: Article

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