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Title
Tensegrity structures [electronic resource] : form, stability, and symmetry / Jing Yao Zhang, Makoto Ohsaki.
ISBN
9784431548133 electronic book
4431548130 electronic book
9784431548126
Published
Tokyo : Springer, 2015.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Item Number
10.1007/978-4-431-54813-3 doi
Call Number
TA646
Dewey Decimal Classification
624.1/7
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 23, 2015).
Series
Mathematics for industry (Springer (Firm)) ; volume 6.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9784431548126
Introduction
Equilibrium
Self-Equilibrium Analysis by Symmetry
Stability
Force Density Method
Prismatic Structures of Dihedral Symmetry
Star-Shaped Structures of Dihedral Symmetry
Regular Truncated Tetrahedral Structures
Linear Algebra
Affine Motions and Rigidity Condition
Tensegrity Tower
Group Representation Theory and Symmetry-Adapted Matrix.