Analysis of Tensegrity Structures with Redundancies, by Implementing a Comprehensive Equilibrium Equations Method with Force Densities

Table 6

Values of the forces on the members for the cantilever 2D tensegrity beam.

	Value of with CEEMFD (kN/m); CPU time = 0.07 sec	Value of with DRM (kN/m); CPU time = 8.25 sec	Length of a member (m)	Value of force with CEEMFD (kN)	Value of force with DRM (kN)	Value of stress with CEEMFD (MPa)
Force density
	0.240633	0.240613	2.5000	0.601583	0.601533	23.2811
	0.651541	0.651521	2.5000	1.628852	1.628802	63.0361
	1.196278	1.196278	2.5000	2.990696	2.990696	115.7390
	1.966444	1.966444	2.5000	4.916110	4.916110	190.2519
	2.461283	2.461415	2.0000	4.922566	4.922830	190.5018
	−1.861511	−1.861511	3.2016	−5.959814	−5.959814	−24.9615
	−2.454204	−2.454336	3.2016	−7.857380	−7.857803	−32.9091
	4.147074	4.147074	2.0000	8.294147	8.294147	320.9809
	4.075133	4.075096	2.5000	10.187833	10.187740	394.2660
	−1.705920	−1.705788	3.2016	−5.461675	−5.461252	−22.8752
	−2.272414	−2.272414	3.2016	−7.275360	−7.275360	−30.4714
	3.969719	3.969475	2.0000	7.939438	7.938949	307.2538
	3.326840	3.326539	2.5000	8.317101	8.316348	321.8692
	−1.710358	−1.710114	3.2016	−5.475883	−5.475101	−22.9347
	−2.250652	−2.250539	3.2016	−7.205687	−7.205327	−30.1796
	4.204022	4.203534	2.0000	8.408044	8.407068	325.3887
	2.764778	2.764233	2.5000	6.911946	6.910582	267.4902
	−1.966421	−1.966045	3.2016	−6.295692	−6.294490	−26.3683
	−2.480514	−2.480270	3.2016	−7.941615	−7.940834	−33.2619
	1.973494	1.973118	2.0000	3.946987	3.946236	152.7472
	2.480544	2.479735	2.5000	6.201359	6.199338	239.9907
Reaction (kN)
				5.534000	5.534380
				−5.534000	−5.533907
				1.213600	1.213864