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Structural design made of isolated members held in place by tension
Tensegrity, tensional integrity or floating compression is a structural principle based on a system of isolated components under compression inside a network of continuous tension, and arranged in such a way that the compressed members do not touch each other while the prestressed tensioned members constrain the system spatially. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: TensegrityA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: A review on tensegrity structures-based robotsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Structural Design Against DeflectionThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: TENSEGRITY: THE ARCHITECTURAL BASIS OF CELLULAR MECHANOTRANSDUCTIONCited 1,310 times
- Go sideways: Needle TowerA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Jessen's icosahedronA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun tensional integrity (of a structure)
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
TENSEGRITY: THE ARCHITECTURAL BASIS OF CELLULAR MECHANOTRANSDUCTION
Tensegrity I. Cell structure and hierarchical systems biology
Cellular tensegrity: defining new rules of biological design that govern the cytoskeleton
Tensegrity II. How structural networks influence cellular information processing networks
Mechanical behavior in living cells consistent with the tensegrity model
Buckminster Fuller's “Tensegrity” structures and Clerk Maxwell's rules for the construction of stiff frames
Tensegrity, cellular biophysics, and the mechanics of living systems
Tensegrity-based mechanosensing from macro to micro
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Structural Design Against DeflectionTianjian Ji · 2020
An introduction to tensegrityAnthony Pugh · 1976
TensegrityRené Motro · 2003
Tensegrity. Die magischen Bewegungen der ZaubererCarlos Castaneda · 2001
Tensegrity systemsRobert E. Skelton · 2009
Free-standing tension structuresBinbing Wang · 2004
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