Tensegrities and Global Rigidity
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A tensegrity is finite configuration of points in Ed suspended rigidly by inextendable cables and incompressable struts. Here it is explained how a stress-energy function, given by a symmetric stress matrix, can be used to create tensegrities that are globally rigid in the sense that the only configurations that satisfy the cable and strut constraints are congruent copies.
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تاریخ انتشار 2009