Prestressed system mechanics applied to the cytoskeleton structure
Résumé
Prestressed system mechanics applied to the cytoskeleton structure. These works show the pertinence and usefulness in modelling the cytoskeleton by mechanical prestressed systems. They are in the field of cellular and tissular biomechanics and two applications are proposed. We present first the form-finding of an isolated cell by non regular tensegrity systems, and then we propose to combine granular models and tensegrity analogy. A prospective extension to multicellular assemblies considering the concept of shared self-stresses, by the way of tensegrity grids, is subsequently presented.