基于奇异值分解的环状张拉整体结构找形方法

    Form-finding method for tensegrity ring structures based on SVD

    • 摘要: 环状张拉整体结构在空间领域常用于天线结构,但其找形问题复杂且研究不足。为简化分析过程并增强对不同拓扑结构的适用性,本研究提出了一种新的环状张拉整体结构找形方法。该方法通过将坐标向量和力密度向量拆分为转换矩阵与特征参数相乘,利用奇异值分解获得特征参数,并通过迭代使结构收敛到稳定位置。该方法适用于规则分布的环状结构,依赖其以圆心为对称中心的特性,结构的坐标以及力密度可以被表示为两组特征参数,这极大地简化了问题的求解。通过两类环状张拉整体结构的数值算例验证了方法的可行性和高计算效率,表明其能显著降低规则环状张拉结构的找形难度,并在不同初始条件和模块数量下保持高效。此外,该方法避免了复杂的参数化建模分析,简化了问题的复杂性。未来,该方法有望扩展到其他规则分布的结构找形分析中。

       

      Abstract: Tensegrity ring structures are predominantly employed as antenna structures in the space sector. However, their form-finding problem is inherently challenging and relatively under-researched. To streamline the analysis process and enhance the versatility of the method for different topologies, a novel approach to form-finding for tensegrity rings is proposed in this study. The proposed method involves the division of the coordinate and force density vectors into transformation matrices multiplied by the eigen parameters, the acquisition of these eigen parameters through SVD (singular value decomposition), and the repetition of the two eigen parameters to facilitate the structure's convergence to a stable position. The method is particularly well-suited to toroidal structures, which possess the property of having the centre of symmetry coincident with the centre of a circle. The feasibility and high computational efficiency of the method are validated by numerical examples, which demonstrate that it significantly reduces the difficulty of form-finding for regular ring tensegrity structures and remains efficient under different initial conditions and numbers of modules. Furthermore, the method avoids complex parametric modelling analysis and simplifies the complexity of form-finding. It is anticipated that the method will be extended in the future to the form-finding analysis of other regularly distributed structures.