TY - JOUR
T1 - Tensegrity Spline Beam and Grid Shell Structures
AU - Adriaenssens, S M
AU - Barnes, M R
PY - 2001/1
Y1 - 2001/1
N2 - This paper considers a class of tensegrity structures with continuous tubular compression booms forming curved splines, which may be deployed from straight by prestressing a cable bracing system. A free-form arch structure for the support of prestressed membranes is reviewed and the concepts are extended to a two-way spanning system for double layer grid shell structures. A numerical analysis based on the Dynamic Relaxation (DR) method is developed which caters specifically for the form-finding and load analysis of this type of structure.
AB - This paper considers a class of tensegrity structures with continuous tubular compression booms forming curved splines, which may be deployed from straight by prestressing a cable bracing system. A free-form arch structure for the support of prestressed membranes is reviewed and the concepts are extended to a two-way spanning system for double layer grid shell structures. A numerical analysis based on the Dynamic Relaxation (DR) method is developed which caters specifically for the form-finding and load analysis of this type of structure.
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0141-0296(00)00019-5
U2 - 10.1016/S0141-0296(00)00019-5
DO - 10.1016/S0141-0296(00)00019-5
M3 - Article
VL - 23
SP - 29
EP - 36
JO - Engineering Structures
JF - Engineering Structures
SN - 0141-0296
IS - 1
ER -