Deployment of a Tensegrity Footbridge
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A transformable tensegrity-ring footbridge
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Structural Engineering
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0733-9445,1943-541X
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)st.1943-541x.0001260