A physical model of a tensegrity columns is additively manufactured in a titanium alloy. After removing sacrificial supports, such a model is post-tensioned through suitable insertion of Spectra (R) cables. The wave dynamics of the examined system is first experimentally investigated by recording the motion through high-speed cameras assisted by a digital image correlation algorithm, which returns time-histories of the axial displacements of the bases of each prism of the column. Next, the experimental response is mechanically simulated by means of two different models: a stick-and-spring model accounting for the presence of bending-stiff connections between the 3D-printed elements (mixed bending-stretching response), and a tensegrity model accounting for a purely stretching response. The comparison of theory and experiment reveals that the presence of bending-stiff connections weakens the nonlinearity of the wave dynamics of the system. A stretching-dominated response instead supports highly compact solitary waves in the presence of small prestress and negligible bending stiffness of connections.

On the mechanical modeling of tensegrity columns subject to impact loading / Amendola, Ada; Favata, Antonino; Micheletti, Andrea. - In: FRONTIERS IN MATERIALS. - ISSN 2296-8016. - 5:(2018). [10.3389/fmats.2018.00022]

On the mechanical modeling of tensegrity columns subject to impact loading

Favata, Antonino;
2018

Abstract

A physical model of a tensegrity columns is additively manufactured in a titanium alloy. After removing sacrificial supports, such a model is post-tensioned through suitable insertion of Spectra (R) cables. The wave dynamics of the examined system is first experimentally investigated by recording the motion through high-speed cameras assisted by a digital image correlation algorithm, which returns time-histories of the axial displacements of the bases of each prism of the column. Next, the experimental response is mechanically simulated by means of two different models: a stick-and-spring model accounting for the presence of bending-stiff connections between the 3D-printed elements (mixed bending-stretching response), and a tensegrity model accounting for a purely stretching response. The comparison of theory and experiment reveals that the presence of bending-stiff connections weakens the nonlinearity of the wave dynamics of the system. A stretching-dominated response instead supports highly compact solitary waves in the presence of small prestress and negligible bending stiffness of connections.
2018
tensegrity columns; wave dynamics; additive manufacturing; experimental testing; stick-and-spring structure; solitary waves
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On the mechanical modeling of tensegrity columns subject to impact loading / Amendola, Ada; Favata, Antonino; Micheletti, Andrea. - In: FRONTIERS IN MATERIALS. - ISSN 2296-8016. - 5:(2018). [10.3389/fmats.2018.00022]
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