MEchanics GAthering–MEGA- Seminar: Tensegrity networks
Event details
| Date | 20.11.2025 |
| Hour | 13:05 › 14:00 |
| Speaker | Roxane Saumya Shivangui Ollivier (MESOBIO, EPFL) |
| Location | Online |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
| Event Language | English |
Abstract: Disordered networks composed of mechanical elements such as springs, cables, and struts (which selectively withstand tension or compression) are of particular interest for their tunable mechanical properties and potential to model biological systems. The project investigates how element type ratios, network topology, and mechanical loading influence rigidity, modulus scaling, buckling, and nonlinear responses of tensegrity networks. Local non-affine displacements and novel metrics such as "caging escape" are introduced to quantify transitions under deformation.
Bio: Roxane got her engineering degree at ESPCI in Paris. She then did a master's degree in soft matter and biophysics at ICFP. She started her PhD in September last year
Bio: Roxane got her engineering degree at ESPCI in Paris. She then did a master's degree in soft matter and biophysics at ICFP. She started her PhD in September last year
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- MEGA.Seminar Organizing Committee