On the mechanical modeling of the extreme softening/stiffening response of axially loaded tensegrity prisms

DOI10.1016/J.JMPS.2014.10.010zbMATH Open1349.74056arXiv1406.1913OpenAlexW2024152518WikidataQ59781265 ScholiaQ59781265MaRDI QIDQ339872FDOQ339872

Authors: Fernando Fraternali, Gerardo Carpentieri, Ada Amendola 

Publication date: 11 November 2016

Published in: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the geometrically nonlinear behavior of uniformly compressed tensegrity prisms, through fully elastic and rigid--elastic models. The presented models predict a variety of mechanical behaviors in the regime of large displacements, including an extreme stiffening-type response, already known in the literature, and a newly discovered, extreme softening behavior. The latter may lead to a snap buckling event producing an axial collapse of the structure. The switching from one mechanical regime to another depends on the aspect ratio of the structure, the magnitude of the applied prestress, and the material properties of the constituent elements. We discuss potential acoustic applications of such behaviors, which are related to the design and manufacture of tensegrity lattices and innovative phononic crystals.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.1913

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zbMATH Keywords

geometric nonlinearitieselastic softeningelastic stiffeningnonlinear metamaterialsperiodic latticestensegrity prisms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear elasticity (74B20)

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