Free-Standing Tension Structures: From Tensegrity Systems to Cable-Strut Systems

ISBN-13: 9780367865504 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 256 str.

Binbing Wang

Opis

Free-standing Tension Structures provides the necessary engineering background to produce these sophisticated structures.

Spis treści

Preface Part I: Tensegrity Systems 1. Introduction 2. Properties of Tensegrity Simplexes and Analysis of Pin-jointed Systems Containing Mechanisms 3. Structural Configurations, Properties and Design of Tensegrity Grids Composed of Simplexes Part II: Cable-strut Systems 4. Geometrical Characterisation of Basic Cable-strut Systems 5. Structural Properties and Design of Lightweight Cable-strut Grids 6. Application Studies of Lightweight Cable-strut Grids 7. Architectural Aspect of Cable-strut Systems Bibliography.

O autorze

Practising Structural Engineer, Singapore