Multistable tensegrity structures

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 117-123

  Xu, Xian ^a   Luo, Yaozhi ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Form finding; Multistable; State transformation; Tensegrity structures

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE STRUCTURE; CELL MECHANICS; DYNAMIC RELAXATION METHOD; FORM FINDING; MATRIX ANALYSIS; MULTISTABILITY; MULTISTABLE; PHYSICAL MODEL; STABLE CONFIGURATION; STATE TRANSFORMATION; TENSEGRITIES; TENSEGRITY STRUCTURE; TENSEGRITY STRUCTURES; THEORETICAL BASIS; THRESHOLD ENERGY;

MODELS;

EID: 78650315409     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0000281     Document Type: Article

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