A discussion on the stiffness matrices used in tensegrity structures
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Istrazivanja i projektovanja za privredu
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1451-4117,1821-3197
DOI: 10.5937/jaes15-14766