Tensegrity Systems

• Main Authors: Oliveira, Mauricio C. (Author), Skelton, Robert E. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
• Edition: 1.
• Subjects: Engineering.; System theory.; Structural mechanics.; Vibration.; Dynamical systems.; Dynamics.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Buildings > Design and construction.; Building.; Construction.; Engineering, Architectural.; Building Construction.; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control.; Structural Mechanics.; Systems Theory, Control.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods.

Tensegrity Systems discusses analytical tools to design energy efficient and lightweight structures employing the concept of "tensegrity." This word is Buckminister Fuller's contraction of the words "Tensile" and "Integrity," which suggests that integrity or, as we...