Symmetric prismatic tensegrity structures. Part II: Symmetry-adapted formulations

This paper presents analytical formulations for the symmetry-adapted equilibrium, force density and geometrical stiffness matrices for prismatic tensegrity structures with dihedral symmetries. An analytical expression for the infinitesimal mechanisms is also derived.

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