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Fractality in selfsimilar minimal mass structures

Soft Condensed Matter 2017-09-13 v1

Abstract

In this paper we study the diffusely observed occurrence of Fractality and Self-organized Criticality in mechanical systems. We analytically show, based on a prototypical compressed tensegrity structure, that these phenomena can be viewed as the result of the contemporary attainment of mass minimization and global stability in elastic systems.

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@article{arxiv.1706.06658,
  title  = {Fractality in selfsimilar minimal mass structures},
  author = {D. De Tommasi and F. Maddalena and G. Puglisi and F. Trentadue},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.06658},
  year   = {2017}
}
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