High Performance Tensegrity Inspired Metamaterials And Structures

Author : Anna Al Sabouni-Zawadzka
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000817768
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book High Performance Tensegrity-Inspired Metamaterials and Structures written by Anna Al Sabouni-Zawadzka and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-11-09 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following current trends toward development of novel materials and structures, this volume explores the concept of high-performance metamaterials and metastructures with extremal mechanical properties, inspired by tensegrity systems. The idea of extremal materials is applied here to cellular tensegrity lattices of various scales. Tensegrity systems have numerous advantages: they are lightweight, have a high stiffness-to-mass ratio, are prone to structural control, can be applied in smart and adaptive systems, and exhibit unusual mechanical properties. This study is focused on tensegrity lattices, whose inner architecture resembles that of cellular metamaterials, but which are aimed at civil engineering applications in non-material scales. It proposes a methodology for investigation of extremal mechanical properties of such systems, based on discrete and continuum approaches, including the discussion on scale effects. It proves that, similarly to tensegrity-based metamaterials, tensegrity metastructures are able to exhibit extremal mechanical behaviour. This book is directed to researchers and scientists working on metamaterials and tensegrity systems, developing energy-absorption solutions for building and transport industry. The findings described in this monograph can also be useful in other fields of applied sciences, such as civil engineering, robotics and material science.

Author : Robert E. Skelton
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9781441944917
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tensegrity Systems written by Robert E. Skelton and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-11-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses analytical tools for designing energy efficient and lightweight structures that embody the concept of tensegrity. The book provides both static and dynamic analysis of special tensegrity structural concepts, which are motivated by biological material architecture. This is the first book written to attempt to integrate structure and control design.

Author : T.S. Srivatsan
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351597191
Total Pages : 790 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Manufacturing Techniques for Materials written by T.S. Srivatsan and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-04-09 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manufacturing Techniques for Materials: Engineering and Engineered provides a cohesive and comprehensive overview of the following: (i) prevailing and emerging trends, (ii) emerging developments and related technology, and (iii) potential for the commercialization of techniques specific to manufacturing of materials. The first half of the book provides the interested reader with detailed chapters specific to the manufacturing of emerging materials, such as additive manufacturing, with a valued emphasis on the science, technology, and potentially viable practices specific to the manufacturing technique used. This section also attempts to discuss in a lucid and easily understandable manner the specific advantages and limitations of each technique and goes on to highlight all of the potentially viable and emerging technological applications. The second half of this archival volume focuses on a wide spectrum of conventional techniques currently available and being used in the manufacturing of both materials and resultant products. Manufacturing Techniques for Materials is an invaluable tool for a cross-section of readers including engineers, researchers, technologists, students at both the graduate level and undergraduate level, and even entrepreneurs.

Author : Jing Yao Zhang
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 4431548130
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tensegrity Structures written by Jing Yao Zhang and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Esther Rivas Adrover
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780677952
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Deployable Structures written by Esther Rivas Adrover and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-07 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deployable structures can expand and contract due to their geometrical, material and mechanical properties – offering the potential to create truly transforming environments. This book looks at the cutting edge of the subject, examining the different types of deployable structures and numerous design approaches. Filled with photographs, models, drawings and diagrams, Deployable Structures is packed with inspirational ideas for architecture students and practitioners.

Author : Anthony Pugh
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520338324
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Tensegrity written by Anthony Pugh and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : M.L. Gambhir
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3662099969
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stability Analysis and Design of Structures written by M.L. Gambhir and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This advanced and graduate-level text and self-tutorial teaches readers to understand and to apply analytical design principles across the breadth of the engineering sciences. Emphasizing fundamentals, the book addresses the stability of key engineering elements such as rigid-body assemblage, beam-column, beam, rigid frame, thin plate, arch, ring, and shell. Each chapter contains numerous worked-out problems that clarify practical application and aid comprehension of the basics of stability theory, plus end-of-chapter review exercises. Others key features are the citing and comparison of different national building standards, use of non-dimensional parameters, and many tables with much practical data and simplified formula, that enable readers to use them in the design of structural components. First six chapters most suitable for undergraduate-level study and remaining chapters for graduate-level courses.

Author : B. Culshaw
Publisher : Artech House Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Smart Structures and Materials written by B. Culshaw and published by Artech House Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the enabling concepts that make up the so-called smart structure and presents a number of brief case studies to illustrate the applications of these concepts. It examines the domains of the individual technologies and defines the challenges faced by the integrator. The book is particularly effective for the potential system user who needs a good technical general background on the subject and is also useful for students and researchers in contributory technologies who want to better understand the context of their work. Consultants in civil and structural engineering will also find it of interest.

Author : Julien Yvonnet
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030183831
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Computational Homogenization of Heterogeneous Materials with Finite Elements written by Julien Yvonnet and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph provides a concise overview of the main theoretical and numerical tools to solve homogenization problems in solids with finite elements. Starting from simple cases (linear thermal case) the problems are progressively complexified to finish with nonlinear problems. The book is not an overview of current research in that field, but a course book, and summarizes established knowledge in this area such that students or researchers who would like to start working on this subject will acquire the basics without any preliminary knowledge about homogenization. More specifically, the book is written with the objective of practical implementation of the methodologies in simple programs such as Matlab. The presentation is kept at a level where no deep mathematics are required.​

Author : Sharlotte Kramer
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9783030069728
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mechanics of Additive and Advanced Manufacturing, Volume 8 written by Sharlotte Kramer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-09-07 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mechanics of Additive and Advanced Manufacturing, Volume 8 of the Proceedings of the 2018 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the eighth volume of eight from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies, including: Fatigue & Fracture in AM Materials Additively Manufactured Metals & Structures AM Process Characterization Processing & Mechanical Behavior of AM Materials Dynamic Response of AM Materials Additively Manufactured Polymers & Composites