Tensegrity frameworks: Static analysis review

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 859-881

  Juan, Sergi Hernàndez ^a   Mirats Tur, Josep M ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Form finding; Static analysis; Tensegrity frameworks

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RIGIDITY; THEOREM PROVING;

FORM FINDING METHODS; INFINITESIMAL RIGIDITY; STABILITY CATEGORIES; TENSEGRITY STRUCTURES;

STATIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 43049183138     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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