Constructing tensegrity structures from one-bar elementary cells

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 466, Issue 2113, 2010, Pages 45-61

  Li, Yue ^a   Feng, Xi Qiao ^a   Cao, Yan Ping ^a   Gao, Huajian ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly; Cubic graph; Elementary cells; Tensegrity

Indexed keywords

PRESTRESSED BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

CUBIC GRAPH; DESIGN STRATEGIES; ELEMENTARY CELLS; TENSEGRITIES; TENSEGRITY; TENSEGRITY STRUCTURE;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 73949150024     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2009.0260     Document Type: Article

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