In reply to H L V's message of Sat, 8 Apr 2023 14:22:26 -0400: Hi, ...but you are not pushing on a string. The "push" acts on the solid ribs, which in turn connect with each other by "pulling" on the central string. In fact all the strings are "pulled" on.
[snip] >"You can't push on a string" > >I think this single string tensegrity structure is even more awe inspiring >when he briefly holds it as a cantilever before standing it up right. >If you skip to the second half of the video he shows how to use a block of >wood to assemble the structure more quickly. >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds-scY9qESE > >Another builder made a taller and heavier single string tensegrity tower as >well as a single string table. >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sUjpkmisBs > >Some history. >The Latvian-Soviet artist/sculptor/engineer Karlis Johansons exhibited his >first "self-tensile constructions" in 1921. The engineering and sculptural >possibilities of such pre-tensioned systems were further explored by >Buckminster Fuller and the sculptor Kenneth Snelson in the second half of >the 20th century. (eg. see Snelson's "Needle Tower") The word tensegrity >(tensile + integrity) coined by Fuller is now the common name for such >structures. I have noticed that the first tensegrity structures focused on >the use of straight struts, but now people are starting to explore the >possibilities of using curved struts. > >Harry Cloud storage:- Unsafe, Slow, Expensive ...pick any three.
