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Considerations on Tensegrity Shell-Like Structures Based on 4-strut Simplex Module

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XXX Russian-Polish-Slovak Seminar Theoretical Foundation of Civil Engineering (RSP 2021) (RSP 2021)

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The analysis and evaluation of possible application of 4-strut Simplex tensegrity module for creation of shell-like lattice structures is presented in the paper. Separate modules are analyzed from the point of view of infinitesimal mechanisms and self-equilibrated systems of forces. Further analysis is performed for shell-like spherical, cylindrical and hyperboloidal paraboloid (the shells of positive, zero and negative Gaussian curvature).

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  1. Faculty of Civil Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Al. Armii Ludowej 16, 00-637, Warsaw, Poland

    Kamila Martyniuk-Sienkiewicz & Wojciech Gilewski

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Martyniuk-Sienkiewicz, K., Gilewski, W. (2022). Considerations on Tensegrity Shell-Like Structures Based on 4-strut Simplex Module. In: Akimov, P., Vatin, N. (eds) XXX Russian-Polish-Slovak Seminar Theoretical Foundation of Civil Engineering (RSP 2021). RSP 2021. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 189. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86001-1_36

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