140 citations · 140 across the 4 of their papers we have counts for
4 papers · 1 filter
Multiscale tunability of solitary wave dynamics in tensegrity metamaterials
Fernando Fraternali, Gerardo Carpentieri, Ada Amendola +2
A new class of strongly nonlinear metamaterials based on tensegrity concepts is proposed and the solitary wave dynamics under impact loading is investigated. Such systems can be tu…
On the correspondence between 2D force networks, tensegrity structures and polyhedral stress functions
Fernando Fraternali, Gerardo Carpentieri
We formulate and discuss the relationship between polyhedral stress functions and internally self-equilibrated frameworks in 2D, and a two-mesh technique for the prediction of the…
Experimental investigation of the softening-stiffening response of tensegrity prisms under compressive loading
Ada Amendola, Fernando Fraternali, Gerardo Carpentieri +2
The present paper is concerned with the formulation of new assembly methods of bi-material tensegrity prisms, and the experimental characterization of the compressive response of s…
On the mechanical modeling of the extreme softening/stiffening response of axially loaded tensegrity prisms
Fernando Fraternali, Gerardo Carpentieri, Ada Amendola
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…