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标题：Towards unusual mechanical properties of tensegrity lattice metamaterial
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作者：Anna Al Sabouni-Zawadzka ; Wojciech Gilewski
期刊名称：MATEC Web of Conferences
电子版ISSN：2261-236X
出版年度：2018
卷号：196
DOI：10.1051/matecconf/201819604093
语种：English
出版社：EDP Sciences
摘要：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-strutsimplexmodules. 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.