Programmable Deployment of Tensegrity Structures by Stimulus-Responsive Polymers

Abstract Tensegrity structures with detached struts are naturally suitable for deployable applications, both in terrestrial and outer-space structures, as well as morphing devices. Composed of discontinuous struts and continuous cables, such systems are only structurally stable when self-stress is i...

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Main Authors: Ke Liu, Jiangtao Wu, Glaucio H. Paulino, H. Jerry Qi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03412-6