Mechanical Modeling of the Bandgap Response of Tensegrity Metamaterials.

We investigate the acoustic band structure of tensegrity mass-spring chains as a function of the applied, local and global states of prestress. We first study the bandgap response of linear monoatomic chains, which show lumped masses connected to tensegrity prisms acting as mechanical springs. Next, we present a numerical study on the nonlinear wave dynamics of the examined systems in the geometrically nonlinear regime that is induced by the presence of moderately large relative displacements between the lumped masses. Such a study confirms the results of the linear analysis in the case of an elastically hardening system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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