RT Journal Article
T1 Topological Design of the Octahedron Tensegrity Family
A1 Fernández Ruiz, Manuel Alejandro
A1 Hernández-Montes, Enrique
A1 Gil-Martín, Luisa María
K1 Estructuras de tensegridad
K1 Estructuras (Construcción) - Cálculo
K1 Análisis estructural (Ingeniería)
AB Tensegrity structures have developed greatly in recent years due to their uniquemechanical and mathematical properties. In this work, the topology of the Octahedronfamily is presented. New tensegrity structures that belong to this family are definedbased on their topology. As an example, the eleven-time-expanded octahedron isshown, a super-stable tensegrity formed by 12288 nodes, 6144 struts, and 24576 cables(the largest super-stable tensegrity reported in the literature in terms of number ofnodes, cables, and struts so far). The values of the force:length ratios which satisfy thesuper-stability conditions have also been determined based on the topology of theOctahedron family. Consequently, the computational cost of the process of determininga suitable prestress state and its corresponding equilibrium shape (a process called form-finding) is significantly reduced. The members of the Octahedron family could havepromising engineering and bioengineering applications.
PB Elsevier
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39835
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39835
LA eng
NO Fernández-Ruiz, M.A., Hernández-Montes, E., Gil-Martín, L.M., 2022. Topological Design of the Octahedron Tensegrity Family. Eng. Struct. 259, 114211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2022.114211
NO https://openpolicyfinder.jisc.ac.uk/id/publication/16523
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 5 mar 2026