This article is a state-of-art review on static structural computations for pin-jointed structures,
revising the last forty years of scientific research on the subject matter through the …

Deployable structures belong to a special class of moveable structures that are capable of
form and size change. Controlling movement of deployable structures is important for …

This study mainly focuses on initial prestress design of tensegrity structures with given
shapes. For symmetric structures with multiple self-stress modes, two efficient methods …

Tensegrity structures are spatial self-stressed pin-jointed structures where compression
components (struts) are surrounded by tension elements. This paper describes a near full …

The quality of being adaptable/deployable of tensegrity structures provides intriguing
challenges for researchers and designers. In this work, the shape-change capabilities of a V …

Deployment of foldable tensegrity-membrane systems is investigated in this article. The
major objective of deploying such systems is to extend and tension the attached membrane …

The paper presents concept of energy efficient motion control of robots and other machines
based on structures with tensegrity features and/or cable-driven mechanisms. The essence …

In this paper, a method to obtain effective continuum beam stiffness properties of tensegrity
towers with n struts in each bay is developed. Long tensegrity towers for space applications …

An optimization approach is presented for form-finding of tensegrity structures. It is shown
that various equilibrium shapes can be easily found by solving a forced-deformation …

ABSTRACT A tensegrity tower design to support a given payload for the moon mining
operation is proposed in this paper. A non-linear optimization problem for the minimal-mass …