What is it about?
This work is about a tensegrity tower that uses actuators based in solid-state transformations (SMAs) to automatically shift between two different configurations, according to the frequency content of the dynamic excitation.
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Why is it important?
This work is important because it encompasses innovative concepts like real-time structural adaptiveness and shape morphing, to tackle a problem concerning excessive vibrations, through the use an elegant tensegrity structure with shape-memory alloy actuators.
Perspectives
This is a super cool project that brings about an enormous potential for different applications namely in the field of advanced architectural systems where the driving force is the material itself.
Filipe Amarante dos Santos
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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This page is a summary of: Design and experimental testing of an adaptive shape-morphing tensegrity structure, with frequency self-tuning capabilities, using shape-memory alloys, Smart Materials and Structures, September 2015, Institute of Physics Publishing,
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/24/10/105008.
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