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2D Theory of Shell-like Tensegrity Structures

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Six-parameter shell theory is proposed for tensegrity-like structures. Continuum model to describe mechanical properties of tensegrity lattices is based on the equivalence of the strain energy with discrete model. Parametric analysis is presented to describe the influence of geometrical properties and the level of self-equilibrated normal forces to the static response of the structure.

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  1. Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

    Wojciech Gilewski & Anna Al Sabouni-Zawadzka

  2. Kielce University of Technology, Kielce, Poland

    Paulina Obara

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  1. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

    Holm Altenbach

  2. Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland

    Jacek Chróścielewski

  3. Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland

    Victor A. Eremeyev

  4. Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

    Krzysztof Wiśniewski

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Gilewski, W., Obara, P., Al Sabouni-Zawadzka, A. (2019). 2D Theory of Shell-like Tensegrity Structures. In: Altenbach, H., Chróścielewski, J., Eremeyev, V., Wiśniewski, K. (eds) Recent Developments in the Theory of Shells . Advanced Structured Materials, vol 110. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17747-8_15

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