Design and Construction of a Prototype Tensegrity Structure with Integrated Pretensioning and Instrumentation Features

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الحاوية / القاعدة:Buildings vol. 15, no. 24 (2025), p. 4506-4528
المؤلف الرئيسي: Fernández-Ruiz, Manuel Alejandro
مؤلفون آخرون: Huerta-Gómez-Merodio Milagros, López-Jiménez, Pedro, Carbonell-Márquez, Juan Francisco
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MDPI AG
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100 1 |a Fernández-Ruiz, Manuel Alejandro  |u Departamento de Ingeniería Civil, de Materiales y Fabricación, Universidad de Málaga, C/Dr. Ortiz Ramos, s/n, 29071 Málaga, Spain; mafernandez@uma.es (M.A.F.-R.); pedrolopezjimenez94@uma.es (P.L.-J.) 
245 1 |a Design and Construction of a Prototype Tensegrity Structure with Integrated Pretensioning and Instrumentation Features 
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513 |a Journal Article 
520 3 |a Tensegrity structures have developed greatly in recent years due to their unique mechanical, structural, and mathematical properties. This study presents the design and fabrication of a tensegrity structure prototype. A pretensioning device is designed, and it is directly integrated into the tension element. This component enables precise application and regulation of cable pretension. Another instrumentation device was designed to enable internal force monitoring during structural testing. A physical prototype of the second member of the Octahedron family, known as the expanded octahedron, was constructed using 1 m long steel struts with a rigid auxiliary support frame specifically designed for this purpose. This frame allows the geometry of the tensegrity structure to be controlled at any stage of the fabrication process, and it proved highly effective—maximum nodal displacements were restricted to ±0.4 mm, and the final prestress state in all 24 cables was achieved within a tight tolerance of ±5% (i.e., 600 ± 30 N). This paper provides an essential methodological reference for the structure’s fabrication and assembly, supporting future experimental analysis of its mechanical response. 
653 |a Mathematics 
653 |a Stress state 
653 |a Construction 
653 |a Tensegrity structures 
653 |a Cables 
653 |a Fabrication 
653 |a Prestressing 
653 |a Struts 
653 |a Prototypes 
653 |a Design 
653 |a Instrumentation 
653 |a Structural engineering 
653 |a Mechanical analysis 
653 |a Internal forces 
653 |a Pretensioning 
653 |a Geometry 
653 |a Instruments 
700 1 |a Huerta-Gómez-Merodio Milagros  |u Department of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design, University of Cadiz, 11519 Puerto Real, Spain; milagros.huerta@uca.es 
700 1 |a López-Jiménez, Pedro  |u Departamento de Ingeniería Civil, de Materiales y Fabricación, Universidad de Málaga, C/Dr. Ortiz Ramos, s/n, 29071 Málaga, Spain; mafernandez@uma.es (M.A.F.-R.); pedrolopezjimenez94@uma.es (P.L.-J.) 
700 1 |a Carbonell-Márquez, Juan Francisco  |u Departamento de Ingeniería Civil, de Materiales y Fabricación, Universidad de Málaga, C/Dr. Ortiz Ramos, s/n, 29071 Málaga, Spain; mafernandez@uma.es (M.A.F.-R.); pedrolopezjimenez94@uma.es (P.L.-J.) 
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