Tensegrity Structures Design Methods

Tensegrity structures are pre-stressed systems of cables and bars in which no bar is connected to the other and the structure has no continuous rigid skeleton. This introduction for engineers and architects presents an original general method for their design, from 2D to complex 3D structures.

Autorentext

Oren Vilnay is Professor Emeritus and was founder and head of the Department of Structural Engineering at Ben Gurion University Israel. He is also former head of the Structural Engineering Section at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

Leon Chernin is a Lecturer at the University of Dundee. He was granted a PhD in Structural Engineering from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. His research activities encompass both physical testing and numerical modelling.

Margi Vilnay is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Dundee. She was granted a PhD in Structural Engineering from Heriot-Watt University. She is a chartered member of the Institution of Civil Engineers and the first woman to be elected Vice-Chair of COMEC (Council of Military Education Committees).

Inhalt

Introduction. Tensegrity: Literature survey. Part 1. Two-dimensional plane tensegrity structures. 1. Kite structures. 2. Tensegrity nets. 3. Tensegrity chains. 4. Tensegrity plane arches. 5. Tensegrity rings. Part 2. Three-dimensional spatial tensegrity structures. 6. Tensegrity slabs. 7. Spatial tensegrity rings. 8. Tensegrity vaults. 9. Tensegrity cylindrical shells. 10. Spatial tensegrity arches. 11. Configuration of primitive tensegrity structures. 12. Slim tensegrity domes. 13. Tensegrity caps. 14. Tensegrity domes. Part 3. Stable tensegrity structures, tenssable structures. 15. Two-dimensional tensstable arches. 16. Three-dimensional tensstable structures.