Vibration of an elastic tensegrity structure

DOI10.1016/S0997-7538(01)01181-0zbMath1008.74041WikidataQ126382433 ScholiaQ126382433MaRDI QIDQ1604123

William O. Williams, Irving J. Oppenheim

Publication date: 3 July 2002

Published in: European Journal of Mechanics. A. Solids (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

vibrations; energy decay; elastic tensegrity structure; linearly damped system; natural damping

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

74K10: Rods (beams, columns, shafts, arches, rings, etc.)

74H45: Vibrations in dynamical problems in solid mechanics

74K05: Strings

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