Effective Beam Stiffness Properties of n-Strut Cylindrical Tensegrity Towers

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Effective beam stiffness properties of long lattice structures can be used to approximate the global behavior of the structure, to make a comparison between alternatives, and to reduce the complexities in analyses. We developed a simpler and more systematic method to determine these stiffness properties. The method developed in this work can also be applied to tensegrity structures, and n-strut Class-2 cylindrical tensegrity towers are analyzed and compared in terms of stiffness.

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