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Scraps and Physics of a Tensegrity Structure: TABLE OF CONTENT Scraps and physics of a Tensegrity System INTRO: Scraps and physics of a Tensegrity System STEP 1: A little history STEP 2: Materials STEP 3: Copyrights STEP 4: Two conditions of equilibruim STEP 5: How it works STEP 6: Construction…
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Tensegrity structure or also known as tensional integrity, a portmanteau term that was coined by Buckminster Fuller in the 1960s. It is a structural principle which is based on the use of detached …
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Concept for Structural and Construction System Tilted up half-circles: compression arches Red strings: tension cables A4 (297 x 210 mm Paper) Based on Villarceau Circles on Torus
Tensegrity structures with detached struts are naturally suitable for deployable applications, both in terrestrial and outer-space structures, as well as morphing devices. Composed of discontinuous struts and continuous cables, such systems are only structurally stable when self-stress is induced; otherwise, they lose the original geometrical configuration (while keeping the topology) and thus can be tightly packed. We exploit this feature by using stimulus responsive polymers to introduce a paradigm for creating actively deployable 3D structures with complex shapes. The shape-change of 3D printed smart materials adds an active dimension to the configurational space of some structural components. Then we achieve dramatic global volume expansion by amplifying component-wise deformations to global configurational change via the inherent deployability of tensegrity. Through modular design, we can generate active tensegrities that are relatively stiff yet resilient with various complexities. Such unique properties enable structural systems that can achieve gigantic shape change, making them ideal as a platform for super light-weight structures, shape-changing soft robots, morphing antenna and RF devices, and biomedical devices.
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Tensegrity Structures are one of the construction world's fascinating innovations. Architects always look out for the challenging and the unconventional, and
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Тенсегрити - термин с богатой и обширной историей. Термин происходит от английского tensional integrity, примерный перевод: "целостность посредством растяжения"- фундаментальный принцип конструкции природы. Он был придуман Бакминстером Фуллером , гениальным архитектором, инженером и поэтом, чтобы…
StrucutreMode designed Tension, a lightweight pavilion with a tensegrity ring and a tensile fabric membrane. Meticulous form-finding to derive stable tensegrity geometry, rigorous non-linear analysis to optimise the size of all elements and physical testing to prove the system was accurately modelled were needed.
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