Metamaterials, with unconventional properties realized through various ingenious designs
of micro-architectures, have become a recent research hotspot in the fields of …

We try to make a long way short by proceeding per exempla from Kenneth Snelson's
sculptures and Richard Buckminster Fuller's coinage of the term tensegrity to modern …

Recent studies demonstrate the potential of tensegrity structures as unique building blocks
for architected lattices (metamaterials). Key tensegrity characteristics, such as elastic …

Defects are generally inevitable when fabricating the constituent structures of tensegrity
metamaterials. How structural defects affect the mechanical properties of such …

This study mainly focuses on the design of a new cantilever structure and its minimal mass
optimization subject to yield and buckling constraints. Given a vertical force in a constant …

Symmetric configurations are preferred in various application scenarios of tensegrity and the
representative examples include Z-based and rhombic truncated regular polyhedral (TRP) …

Tensegrities consisting of axially loaded strings and bars have various technologically
important applications. In this paper, we design a mechanical metamaterial with tunable and …

The form-finding analysis is a crucial step for determining the stable self-equilibrated states
for tensegrity structures, in the absence of external loads. This form-finding problem leads to …

This paper presents a novel application of tensegrity systems as lightweight and
noninvasive braces for seismically resistant structures. The analyzed braces consist of D-bar …

Tensegrity structures have recently found new applications as energy absorbers in the field
of aerospace engineering. In this study, we introduce an optimization method to maximize …