Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4911893 | Composite Structures | 2017 | 26 Pages |
Abstract
The D-Bar is a tensegrity structure which is not able to develop global instability, as a consequence it could be more efficient than a T-Bar to bear compressive loads. In the results we show the conditions to understand which one, among T-Bar and D-Bar, gives a lighter structure.
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Authors
Rosario Montuori, Robert E. Skelton,