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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 196, 2018
XXVII R-S-P Seminar, Theoretical Foundation of Civil Engineering (27RSP) (TFoCE 2018)
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Article Number | 04093 | |
Number of page(s) | 9 | |
Section | Building Materials, Technologies, Organization and Management in Construction | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201819604093 | |
Published online | 03 September 2018 |
Towards unusual mechanical properties of tensegrity lattice metamaterial
Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Division of Timber Structures,
ul. Lecha Kaczyńskiego 16,
Warsaw 00-637,
Poland
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Corresponding author: w.gilewski@il.pw.edu.pl
In the present paper a novel cellular metamaterial based on a tensegrity pattern is presented. The material is constructed from supercells, each of which consists of eight 4-strut simplex modules. The proposed metamaterial exhibits some unusual properties. It is possible to control its mechanical characteristics by adjusting the level of self-stress or by changing the properties of structural members. A discrete model is introduced to identify the properties of the considered metamaterial and to estimate how the applied self-stress and the characteristics of cables and struts affect the whole structure. The performed analyses is an attempt to the future design of tensegrity lattices which can be recognised as a metamaterial for engineering applications.
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