Tensegrity: structural principles and applications in design

We are pleased to announce the next scheduled event!

On June 10, 2025 from 15:00 to 19:00 at the Lai Hall (S4a) of the Santa Chiara Complex will be held the workshop Tensegrità: principi strutturali e applicazioni nel design (Tensegrity: structural principles and applications in design) by Fernando Fraternali (Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno).

Abstract:

This mini-course illustrates a procedure for minimum-mass design of tensegrity systems, taking into account material yield strength constraints and buckling phenomena in elements subject to compression. A structural optimization method based on an iterative linear programming algorithm is presented. The course proposes the design of bioinspired systems and applications of tensegrity structures in interior design.

Short bio:

Fernando Fraternali is Full Professor of Strength of materials at the University of Salerno. He holds an old-school degree in Civil Engineering from that University and a Ph.D in Multiscale Mechanics from King's College London. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the California Institute of Technology in the years 2005-2009. His research activities focus on multiscale modeling of the mechanical response of novel materials and structures.

Info:

Initiative carried out as part of the teaching activities of the course  Modelli e tecnologie dei materiali per il design (Models and technologies of materials for design), by Emilio Barchiesi (DADU, University of Sassari).

Prof. Fraternali’s presentation can be downloaded at this link. 

Lecture by Prof. Fraternali

Prof. Fraternali and Prof. Barchiesi