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Title:
TENSEGRITY STRUCTURE, ITS MODULE AND UNIT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH09166286
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a tensegrity structure having a freedom degree in a form of a final construction object.

A tensegrity module 10 is constituted by a pair of crossing compression materials and four tension materials 12, 13 surrounding this compression material, and the module 10 is two-dimensional tensegrity having rectangular shape as a total unit. This module 10 is arranged in each side of a model, for instance, halving an icosadecahedron, and the adjacent modules 10, 10 are connected by a pivot joint, and in this way, a tensegrity dome 155 is prepared. Length dimension of the second tension materials 13, 13 is adjusted, so that tension of the dome 155 can be adjusted. The second tension materials 13, 13 are removed, so that the dome 155 can be folded.


Inventors:
KAJIKAWA TAIJI
Application Number:
JP26146296A
Publication Date:
June 24, 1997
Filing Date:
September 09, 1996
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
KAJIKAWA TAIJI
International Classes:
E04B1/32; E04H15/48; F16S3/06; (IPC1-7): F16S3/06; E04B1/32; E04H15/48