03536nam 22006014a 450 991078400530332120230120004405.01-281-03554-897866110355491-4175-2669-60-08-054234-4(CKB)1000000000335768(EBL)313778(OCoLC)437189526(SSID)ssj0000257150(PQKBManifestationID)11240282(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000257150(PQKBWorkID)10228705(PQKB)10862673(MiAaPQ)EBC313778(Au-PeEL)EBL313778(CaPaEBR)ebr10190918(CaONFJC)MIL103554(EXLCZ)99100000000033576820030327d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTensegrity[electronic resource] structural systems for the future /René MotroLondon ;Sterling, VA Kogan Page Science20031 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-903996-37-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [228]-236) and index.Front Cover; Tensegrity: Structural Systems for the Future; Copyright Page; Contents; Notations; Preface I; Preface II; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. History and Definitions; 2-1. History; 2-2. Definitions; 2-3. Conclusion; Chapter 3. Fundamental Concepts; 3-1. Introduction; 3-2. Relational structure; 3-3. Geometry and stability; 3-4. Self-stress states and mechanisms; 3-5. Conclusion; Chapter 4. Typologies; 4-1. Introduction; 4-2. Typology criteria and codification; 4-3. Elementary or ""spherical"" cells; 4-4. Assemblies of cells; 4-5. Conclusion; Chapter 5. Models5-1. Introduction5-2. Problems to solve; 5-3. Form-finding; 5-4. Self-stress and mechanisms; 5.5 Self-stress qualification; 5-6. Designing tensegrity systems; 5-7. Active control; 5-8. Conclusion; Chapter 6. Foldable Tensegrities; 6-1. Introduction; 6-2. Folding principle; 6-3. Foldable modules; 6-4. Foldable assemblies; 6-5. Folding design; 6-6. Simulation of the folding process; 6-7. Modelling the contact of two struts; 6-8. Conclusion; Chapter 7. Tensegrity: Latest and Future Developments; 7-1. Introduction; 7-2. New tensegrity grids; 7-3. Other projects7-4. Tensegrity as a structural principle7-5. Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; IndexThe word tensegrity results from the contraction of 'tensional' and 'integrity', a word created by Richard Buckminster Fuller. He went on to describe tensegrity structures as 'islands of compression in an ocean of tension', and René Motro has developed a comprehensive definition which is 'systems in a stable self equilibriated system comprising a discontinuous set of compressed components inside a continuum of tensioned components'. This publication represents the life work of a leading exponent of a revolutionary and exciting method of structural design.* Represents the life wGeodesic domesStructural analysis (Engineering)Geodesic domes.Structural analysis (Engineering)624.1Motro René1946-596330MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784005303321Tensegrity990831UNINA