Seventy years of tensegrities (and counting)

A Micheletti, P Podio-Guidugli - Archive of Applied Mechanics, 2022 - Springer
We try to make a long way short by proceeding per exempla from Kenneth Snelson's
sculptures and Richard Buckminster Fuller's coinage of the term tensegrity to modern …

Dynamics and control of clustered tensegrity systems

S Ma, M Chen, RE Skelton - Engineering Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents the formulations of nonlinear and linearized statics, dynamics, and
control for any clustered tensegrity system (CTS). Based on the Lagrangian method and …

Minimal mass design of clustered tensegrity structures

M Chen, X Bai, RE Skelton - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a minimal mass design approach to the clustered tensegrity structures
(CTS). By minimal mass, we mean, for a given clustered tensegrity structure subject to …

Design and control analysis of a deployable clustered hyperbolic paraboloid cable net

S Ma, K Lu, M Chen, RE Skelton - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents an analytical and experimental design and deployment control analysis
of a hyperbolic paraboloid cable net based on clustering actuation strategies. First, the …

A fast strategy to determine efficient shape changes of adaptable V-Expander tensegrity columns

A Fraddosio, A Micheletti, G Pavone… - Journal of Structural …, 2024 - ascelibrary.org
The quality of being adaptable/deployable of tensegrity structures provides intriguing
challenges for researchers and designers. In this work, the shape-change capabilities of a V …

Genetic algorithm as a tool for the determination of the self-stress states of tensegrity domes

P Obara, M Solovei, J Tomasik - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The aim of the paper is to find the appropriate self-stress state of the tensegrity structures.
The first approach provides exact solutions but is suitable for simple structures. In the …

Analysis for a novel folding frame tensegrity tent

L He**, S Jian, Q Yupeng, L Ani - Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
This study presents a novel tensegrity tent based on the parameters of a certain military tent.
Firstly, we derive the framework of the tent with the optimal complexity and the geometric …

Finite word-length optimal simulation for high-dimensional dynamical systems: Examples of tensegrity structures

Y Shen, M Chen, RE Skelton - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents a model reduction technique to determine the optimal simulation model
for high-dimensional systems within the confines of finite word-length computing. Such an …

Equilibrium and stiffness study of clustered tensegrity structures with the consideration of pulley sizes

S Ma, Y Chen, M Chen, RE Skelton - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents the equilibrium and stiffness study of planar clustered tensegrity
structures (CTS) considering pulley sizes. We first derive the geometric relationship between …

Implementation and propagation of prestress forces in pin-jointed and tensegrity structures

J Feron, P Latteur - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
The implementation of targeted prestress forces in pin-jointed structures, such as tensegrity
structures, is often elusive since the activation of a prestressing device in a single cable or …