SHAPE CHANGE ANALYSIS OF TENSEGRITY MODELS

CHAI LIAN OH; KOK KEONG CHOONG; TOKU NISHIMURA; JAE-YEOL KIM; OMID HASSANSHAHI

doi:10.1590/1679-78255407

SHAPE CHANGE ANALYSIS OF TENSEGRITY MODELS

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CHAI LIAN OH FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA, 40450 SHAH ALAM, SELANGOR, MALAYSIA HTTPS://ORCID.ORG/0000-0002-9474-8276
KOK KEONG CHOONG SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, ENGINEERING CAM-PUS, UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA, 14300 NIBONG TEBAL, PENANG, MALAYSIA HTTPS://ORCID.ORG/0000-0003-3900-268X
TOKU NISHIMURA DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING, INSTI-TUTE OF DISASTER AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, KANAZAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ISHIKAWA, JAPAN HTTPS://ORCID.ORG/0000-0003-3185-4853
JAE-YEOL KIM DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING, HYUPSUNG UNIVERSITY, HWASEONG-SI, GYEONGI-DO, REPUBLIC OF KOREA HTTPS://ORCID.ORG/0000-0002-4043-1329
OMID HASSANSHAHI SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, ENGINEERING CAM-PUS, UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA, 14300 NIBONG TEBAL, PENANG, MALAYSIA HTTPS://ORCID.ORG/0000-0001-9623-8387

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https://doi.org/10.1590/1679-78255407

Abstract

TENSEGRITIES OWN CHARACTERISTICS LIKE LIGHTWEIGHT AND FLEXIBILITY THAT IS SUITABLE FOR SHAPE CHANGE. THIS PAPER PRESENTS A SHAPE CHANGE STRATEGY OF TENSEGRITY MODELS. MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION FOR INCREMENTAL EQUILIBRIUM EQUATIONS OF A TENSEGRITY MODEL DURING THE SHAPE CHANGE ANALYSIS IS PRESENTED. AN OPTIMIZATION APPROACH IN DETERMINING FORCED ELONGATION OF CABLES USING SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING WITH DEFINED INEQUALITY CONSTRAINTS IS DESCRIBED.&AMP;NBSP; FOUR TENSEGRITY MODELS ARE TESTED UNDER THE PROPOSED SHAPE CHANGE ALGORITHM. THE PROPOSED METHOD DETERMINES NEW INCREMENTAL NODAL COORDINATES DURING THE SHAPE CHANGE TO ACHIEVE THE PRESCRIBED TARGET COORDINATES. CAPABILITY OF TENSEGRITY MODELS TO UNDERGO BENDING, AXIAL, TWISTING DEFORMATION AND COMBINATIONS OF THESE DEFORMATIONS IS ALSO DEMONSTRATED.

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2019-07-29

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Vol. 16 No. 7 (2019)

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