Tensegrity Structures: Form, Stability, and Symmetry (2015) (Mathematics for Industry #6)
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- Synopsis
- To facilitate a deeper understanding of tensegrity structures, this book focuses on their two key design problems: self-equilibrium analysis and stability investigation. In particular, high symmetry properties of the structures are extensively utilized. Conditions for self-equilibrium as well as super-stability of tensegrity structures are presented in detail. An analytical method and an efficient numerical method are given for self-equilibrium analysis of tensegrity structures: the analytical method deals with symmetric structures and the numerical method guarantees super-stability. Utilizing group representation theory, the text further provides analytical super-stability conditions for the structures that are of dihedral as well as tetrahedral symmetry. This book not only serves as a reference for engineers and scientists but is also a useful source for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. Keeping this objective in mind, the presentation of the book is self-contained and detailed, with an abundance of figures and examples.
- Copyright:
- 2015
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- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9784431548133
- Related ISBNs:
- 9784431548126
- Publisher:
- Springer Japan, Tokyo
- Date of Addition:
- 10/16/19
- Copyrighted By:
- Springer Japan, Tokyo
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Science, Art and Architecture, Home and Garden, Technology, Mathematics and Statistics
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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