The Architectural Basis of Soil
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| Title | The Architectural Basis of Soil |
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| Abstract | Soil is the most complex systems known to science, and is vital to the existence of life on the planet. Yet no satisfactory geometrical model exists for soil structure. This paper will derive a new geometrical model using tensegrity. Using an evolutionary and holistic worldview literature, tensegrity is described as a physical principle for the mechanical functions of the soil system. Review of the principle shows soil structure as a hierarchy can be described as tensegrity. The tensegrity network is a stable, at the same time an adaptable construction. The whole system reacts to an outside force with an adaptive tension distribution. Soil can be described as a tensegrity structure with the following characteristics: Stability, Balance, Integrated, and Energetically efficient. |
| Publisher | World Science Publisher |
| Date | 2012-07-03 |
| Source | 2169-3080 |
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