Tensegrity Structures: Form, Stability, and Symmetry
Tensegrity Structures: Form, Stability, and Symmetry
Springer | Industrial Design, Geometry & Topology, Mechanics, Architecture | April 14 2015 | ISBN-10: 4431548122 | 300 pages | pdf | 8.9 mb
Springer | Industrial Design, Geometry & Topology, Mechanics, Architecture | April 14 2015 | ISBN-10: 4431548122 | 300 pages | pdf | 8.9 mb
To facilitate a deeper understanding of tensegrity structures, this book focuses on their two key design problems: self-equilibrium analysis and stability investigation. In particular, high symmetry properties of the structures are extensively utilized. Conditions for self-equilibrium as well as super-stability of tensegrity structures are presented in detail. An analytical method and an efficient numerical method are given for self-equilibrium analysis of tensegrity structures: the analytical method deals with symmetric structures and the numerical method guarantees super-stability. Utilizing group representation theory, the text further provides analytical super-stability conditions for the structures that are of dihedral as well as tetrahedral symmetry. This book not only serves as a reference for engineers and scientists but is also a useful source for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. Keeping this objective in mind, the presentation of the book is self-contained and detailed, with an abundance of figures and examples.