Tensegrity Structures: Form, Stability, and Symmetry (Mathematics for Industry, #6)

by Jing Yao Zhang and Makoto Ohsaki

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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.
  • ISBN13 9784431548126
  • Publish Date 30 March 2015
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country JP
  • Imprint Springer Verlag, Japan
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 300
  • Language English