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).

Lecture by Prof. Fraternali

Prof. Fraternali and Prof. Barchiesi