Tensegrity Structures

Form, Stability, and Symmetry

von Jing Yao Zhang, Makoto Ohsaki

300 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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 anddetailed, with an abundance of figures and examples.

• Reihe: Mathematics for Industry
• Themen: Technologie, Ingenieurswissenschaft, Landwirtschaft, Industrieprozesse Maschinenbau und Werkstoffe Materialwissenschaft Festkörpermechanik
• ISBN: 9784431563563
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 09.10.2016
• Größe: 23.5 x 15.5 cm
• Verlag: Springer Tokyo