Design methods of rhombic tensegrity structures

作     者：Xi-Qiao Feng Yue Li Yan-Ping Cao Shou-Wen Yu Yuan-Tong Gu 

作者机构：AML Department of Engineering Mechanics Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China School of Engineering Systems Queensland University of Technology GPO Box 2434 Brisbane QLD 4001 Australia 

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10732050) Tsinghua University (2009THZ02122) the National Basic Research Program of China (973) (2010CB631005) 

出 版 物：《Acta Mechanica Sinica》 (力学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2010年第26卷第4期

页      码：559-565页

摘      要：As a special type of novel flexible structures, tensegrity holds promise for many potential applications in such fields as materials science, biomechanics, civil and aerospace engineering. Rhombic systems are an important class of tensegrity structures, in which each bar constitutes the longest diagonal of a rhombus of four strings. In this paper, we address the design methods of rhombic structures based on the idea that many tensegrity structures can be constructed by assembling one-bar elementary cells. By analyzing the properties of rhombic cells, we first develop two novel schemes, namely, direct enumeration scheme and cell-substitution scheme. In addition, a facile and efficient method is presented to integrate several rhombic systems into a larger tensegrity structure. To illustrate the applications of these methods, some novel rhombic tensegrity structures are constructed.

主 题 词：Tensegrity Structural design Assembling method Flexible structure 

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D　O　I：10.1007/s10409-010-0351-6

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