• DocumentCode
    2484893
  • Title

    Tensegrity Structures Research Evolution

  • Author

    Sultan, Cornel

  • Author_Institution
    United Technol. Res. Center, East Hartford, CT
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    13-15 Dec. 2006
  • Firstpage
    2294
  • Lastpage
    2299
  • Abstract
    The paper traces down the roots of the first man-made objects which resemble what are nowadays known as tensegrity structures and then shows how the tensegrity concept evolved, finding increasingly large audiences in engineering, mathematics, and biology
  • Keywords
    biology; mathematics; research and development; structural engineering; biology; engineering; man-made objects; mathematics; tensegrity concept; tensegrity structures research evolution; Art; Bars; Cables; Cells (biology); Evolution (biology); Needles; Poles and towers; Silver; Tendons; USA Councils;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Decision and Control, 2006 45th IEEE Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0171-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CDC.2006.377416
  • Filename
    4178090