...Ani Luo; Yaming Feng; Ziying Cao; Jinxin Lu; Heping Liu Purpose This study proposes a non-smooth static analysis method for tensegrity structures to address the issue of slack cables in nonlinear deformation. Slack cables introduce discontinuities in structural behavior, causing instability...

...Ani Luo; Guangzhen Xing; Heping Liu; Ziying Cao; Jinxin Lu; Yaming Feng; Tao Liu Purpose This paper proposes a method for analyzing structural deformation under axial load, using “star” tensegrity structures as the research object. The approach simplifies the calculation process by solving...

...Ziying Cao; Ani Luo; Yaming Feng; Heping Liu Purpose This paper is contributed to find the minimal mass prismatic tensegrity structures. Design/methodology/approach In the stable state of the structure with any given external force, the internal forces of the structure members are taken...

... basic unit in different load, and gain the primary factor by comparing the deformation, which will provide reference to concrete structure design in the engineering. Design/methodology/approach The mathematical model of tensegrity structure was built by establishing generalized node coordinates...