Initial self-stress design of tensegrity grid structures

Computers and Structures

Volumn 88, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 558-566

  Tran, Hoang Chi ^a   Lee, Jaehong ^a  

^a Sejong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Force density method; Self stress design; Singular value decomposition; Tensegrity grid structures

Indexed keywords

FORCE DENSITY METHODS; GRID STRUCTURES; SELF-STRESS DESIGN; SELF-STRESSES; TENSEGRITIES;

DESIGN; NUMERICAL METHODS;

SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION;

EID: 77950628359     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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