Tension Structures in "Fifty years of progress for shell and spatial Structures"

René Motro (1)

1 CS - Conception en structures

Tensegrity Structures are nowadays very popular even if, until now, there are very few full scale true tensegrity projects. Since the concept enounced by Richard Buckminster Fuller, and the first sculptures by Kenneth Snelson at Black Mountain College in 1948, they were the object of an increasing number of studies. The main applications are not all in the field of Architecture and Civil Constructions, many other fields take advantage of this fascinating and surprising structural composition. It also inspired other efficient structural systems.

Domaines: Génie civil; Mécanique des structures [physics.class-ph]; Mécanique des structures [physics.class-ph]; Architecture, aménagement de l'espace

René Motro. Tension Structures in "Fifty years of progress for shell and spatial Structures". IASS Jubilee Book, Multi-Sciences, 14 p., 2011. ⟨hal-00856874⟩