Structural behavior and design methods of Tensegrity domes

Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-35

  Fu, Feng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equilibrium; Non linear; Static; Tensegrity

Indexed keywords

COSTS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EQUILIBRIUM; NON-LINEAR; STATIC; TENSEGRITY;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 4544311217     PISSN: 0143974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcsr.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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