%0 Journal Article
%T Study and construction of a pentagon-based tensegrity ring
%+ Laboratoire de Mécanique et Génie Civil (LMGC)
%+ Conception en structures (CS)
%A Nguyen, Anh-Dung
%A Quirant, Jerome
%A Cevaer, Franck
%A Dubé, Jean-François
%< avec comité de lecture
%Z LMGC:10-015
%@ 1964-8189
%J European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering
%I Taylor & Francis
%V 15
%N 06
%P 849-868
%8 2011-06-01
%D 2011
%R 10.1080/19648189.2011.9695277
%Z Engineering Sciences [physics]/Mechanics [physics.med-ph]/Structural mechanics [physics.class-ph]
%Z Physics [physics]/Mechanics [physics]/Structural mechanics [physics.class-ph]Journal articles
%X Tensegrity rings are composed of strut circuits and based on straight prism geometry. Recently, authors developed a general study for this kind of structure and discovered their ability of folding. In this paper, we present our recent studies on the pentagon-based tensegrity ring from a mechanical, kinematical and experimental point of view. In term of theoretical study, numerical simulations are carried out. We analyse the influence of the self-stress level and element stiffness (cables and struts) on the global system. In matter of experimentation, we present design of our first human-scaled prototype which provides a remarkable lightness. Finally, we describe the folding of this system with a comparison between experiments and numerical simulations
%G English
%L hal-00528749
%U https://hal.science/hal-00528749
%~ CNRS
%~ LMGC
%~ MIPS
%~ UNIV-MONTPELLIER
%~ UM-2015-2021