Title Tensegrity : Structural Systems for the Future

Published Burlington : Elsevier, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (257 pages) Contents Front Cover; Tensegrity: Structural Systems for the Future; Copyright Page; Contents; Notations; Preface I; Preface II; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. History and Definitions; Chapter 3. Fundamental Concepts; Chapter 4. Typologies; Chapter 5. Models; Chapter 6. Foldable Tensegrities; Chapter 7. Tensegrity: Latest and Future Developments; Appendices; Bibliography; Index Summary The word tensegrity results from the contraction of?tensional? and?integrity?, a word created by Richard Buckminster Fuller. He went on to describe tensegrity structures as?islands of compression in an ocean of tension?, and René Motro has developed a comprehensive definition which is?systems in a stable self equilibriated system comprising a discontinuous set of compressed components inside a continuum of tensioned components?. This publication represents the life work of a leading exponent of a revolutionary and exciting method of structural design Notes English Print version record Subject Geodesic domes. Structural analysis (Engineering) Tensegrity (Engineering) geodesic domes. structural analysis. Geodesic domes Structural analysis (Engineering) Tensegrity (Engineering) Form Electronic book ISBN 9780080542348 0080542344 1903996376 9781903996379

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