From graphs to tensegrity structures: Geometric and symbolic approaches
From graphs to tensegrity structures: Geometric and symbolic approaches
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从图到张拉整体结构:几何和符号方法
DOI:
10.5565/publmat_50206_02
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发表时间:
2004
影响因子:
1.1
通讯作者:
David Orden
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作者:
Miguel de Guzm'an;David Orden
AbstractA form-finding problem for tensegrity structures is studied; given an abstract graph,we show an algorithm to provide a necessary condition for it to be the underlying graphof a tensegrity in R d (typically d = 2,3) with vertices in general position. Furthermore,for a certain class of graphs our algorithm allows to obtain necessary and sufficientconditions on the relative position of the vertices in order to underlie a tensegrity, forwhat we propose both a geometric and a symbolic approach.Subject classification: 05C85, Graph algorithms.Key words: Form-finding problems, Tensegrity, Graphs, Polynomial elimination. 1 Introduction In this paper we study an instance of the so-called form-finding problems for tensegritystructures. These have brought special attention both among mathematicians and engineerssince the seminal works of Kenneth Snelson around 1948 (see [15]). Roughly speaking, aform-finding problem for a tensegrity structure asks to determine a geometric configurationof points and straight edges in R