Tensegrity
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Tensegrity, tensional integrity or floating compression is a structural principle based on a system of isolated components under compression inside a network of continuous tension, and arranged in suc
The Skylon at the Festival of Britain, 1951
Largest tensegrity bridge in the world, Kurilpa Bridge – Brisbane
NASA's Super Ball Bot is an early prototype, designed to land on another planet without an airbag, and then be mobile to explore. The tensegrity structure provides structural compliance absorbing landing impact forces and motion is applied by changing cable lengths. (Shown on Earth in 2014.)
Proto-Tensegrity Prism by Karl Ioganson, 1921
Kurilpa Bridge
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The Kurilpa Bridge is a A$63 million pedestrian and bicycle bridge over the Brisbane River in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The bridge connects Kurilpa Point in South Brisbane to Tank Street in the
Tensegrity
…Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays major league baseball team, also has a dome roof supported by a large tensegrity structure. On 4 October 2009, the Kurilpa Bridge opened across the Brisbane River in Queensland, Australia. A multiple-mast, cable-stay structure based on the principles of tensegrity, it is currently…
Kurilpa Bridge from Bicentennial Bikeway Brisbane P1170749
Kurilpa Bridge, 25 October 2009
Kurilpa Bridge Construction 25 February 2009
Kurilpa Bridge Construction 8 March 2009