• Title of article

    Symmetric prismatic tensegrity structures. Part II: Symmetry-adapted formulations

  • Author/Authors

    Zhang، نويسنده , , J.Y. and Guest، نويسنده , , S.D. and Ohsaki، نويسنده , , M.، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2009
  • Pages
    16
  • From page
    15
  • To page
    30
  • Abstract
    This paper presents analytical formulations for the symmetry-adapted equilibrium, force density and geometrical stiffness matrices for prismatic tensegrity structures with dihedral symmetries. An analytical expression for the infinitesimal mechanisms is also derived.
  • Keywords
    Tensegrity , Symmetry , Group representation theory , Block-diagonalisation , dihedral group
  • Journal title
    International Journal of Solids and Structures
  • Serial Year
    2009
  • Journal title
    International Journal of Solids and Structures
  • Record number

    1386971