High Performance Tensegrity-Inspired Metamaterials and Structures

Anna Al Sabouni-Zawadzka (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland)

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CRC Press
08 October 2024

Industrial chemistry; Chemical engineering; Materials science; Civil engineering, surveying & building; Structural engineering

Following current trends toward development of novel materials and structures, this volume explores the concept of high-performance metamaterials and metastructures with extremal mechanical properties, inspired by tensegrity systems.

The idea of extremal materials is applied here to cellular tensegrity lattices of various scales. Tensegrity systems have numerous advantages: they are lightweight, have a high stiffness-to-mass ratio, are prone to structural control, can be applied in smart and adaptive systems, and exhibit unusual mechanical properties. This study is focused on tensegrity lattices, whose inner architecture resembles that of cellular metamaterials, but which are aimed at civil engineering applications in non-material scales. It proposes a methodology for investigation of extremal mechanical properties of such systems, based on discrete and continuum approaches, including the discussion on scale effects. It proves that, similarly to tensegrity-based metamaterials, tensegrity metastructures are able to exhibit extremal mechanical behaviour.

This book is directed to researchers and scientists working on metamaterials and tensegrity systems, developing energy-absorption solutions for building and transport industry. The findings described in this monograph can also be useful in other fields of applied sciences, such as civil engineering, robotics and material science.

By: Anna Al Sabouni-Zawadzka (Warsaw University of Technology Poland)
Imprint: CRC Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032380421
ISBN 10: 103238042X
Pages: 136
Publication Date: 08 October 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Anna Al Sabouni-Zawadzka is Assistant Professor at the Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Poland. She specialises in the research on tensegrity systems.