| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 216 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction and motivation -- Analysis of static tensegrity structures -- Design of compressive structures -- Design of bending structures -- Analysis of tensegrity dynamics -- Closed-loop control of tensegrity structures |
| Summary |
"Tensegrity Systems discusses analytical tools to design energy efficient and lightweight structures employing the concept of "tensegrity." This word is Buckminister Fuller's contraction of the words "Tensile" and "Integrity," which suggests that integrity or, as we would say, stability of the structure comes from tension. In a tensegrity structure the rigid bodies (the bars), might not have any contact, thus providing extraordinary freedom to control shape, by controlling only tendons. Tensegrity Systems covers both static and dynamic analysis of special tensegrity structural concepts, which are motivated by biological material architecture."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Tensile architecture.
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Structural analysis (Engineering)
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Control theory.
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tensile structures.
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structural analysis.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Structural.
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Ingénierie.
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Control theory
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Structural analysis (Engineering)
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Tensile architecture
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Oliveira, Mauricio C. de
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| LC no. |
2009921739 |
| ISBN |
9780387742427 |
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0387742425 |
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9780387742410 |
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0387742417 |
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