This paper presents presents an effective numerical approach to the nonlinear dynamics of columns of tensegrity prisms subject to impulsive compressive loading. The equat [...]

It is well known that pre-existing buildings are often inadequate to resist strong ground motions, and that their seismic rehabilitation is not an easy task. Several stud [...]

As discussed in a number of papers, both the static and the dynamic response of square lattice materials are strongly affected by the inner microstructure. It is worth no [...]

This work deals with the experimental testing and the numerical simulation of the impulsive dynamics of a tensegrity lattice. The analyzed system is a column made of ten [...]

Pentamode lattices are particular metamaterials belonging to the class of extremal materials, which feature a primitive unit cell equipped with four rods meeting at a poi [...]