RT Journal Article
T1 The Z-octahedron family: a new tensegrity family
A1 Fernández Ruiz, Manuel Alejandro
A1 Hernández-Montes, Enrique
A1 Gil-Martín, Luisa María
K1 Análisis estructural (Ingeniería)
K1 Estructuras de tensegridad
AB A new family of tensegrity structures is presented: the Z-octahedron family. A tensegrity family is a group of tensegrity structures that share a common connectivity pattern. The members of the Z-octahedron family have been obtained replacing the elementary rhombic cells of the members of the octahedron family with elementary Z-shaped cells. In addition, a higher number of possible force density or force:length ratio values have been considered. The values of the force:length ratio of the members of the family that lead to super-stable tensegrity forms have been computed analytically. Two members of the family have been obtained: the Z-expanded octahedron and the Z-double-expanded octahedron. Finally it has been proved that the Z-double-expanded octahedron obtained here from topological rules can also be defined from a truncated cube based on purely geometrical intuition.
PB Elsevier
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39826
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39826
LA eng
NO Fernández-Ruiz, M.A., Hernández-Montes, E., Gil-Martín, L.M., 2020. The Z-octahedron family: A new tensegrity family. Eng. Struct. 222, 111151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.111151
NO https://openpolicyfinder.jisc.ac.uk/id/publication/16523
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 3 mar 2026