Symmetric Prismatic Tensegrity Structures
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This paper presents a simple and efficient method to determine the self-equilibrated configurations of prismatic tensegrity structures with dihedral symmetry. It is demonstrated that stability of prismatic tensegrity structures is not only determined by the connectivity manner of the members, but also sensitive to the height/radius ratio and the stiffnss/prestress ratio. A catalogue of symmetric prismatic tensegrity structures with relatively small number of members is presented based on the stability investigations.
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