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Tensegrity: Unlimited Frequency of Geodesic Tensegrities: (2)
"Suspension bridge cables are parallel to one another, and therefore give one another no more anti-rhombic structural stability aid than do the parallel tension wires of a barrel. In geodesic tensegrities all the tension members cross one another in great-circle chorded triangulations, thus providing highest possible dimensional stability. For several well-known reasons there are ways in which geodesic tensegrity spheres can be made to provide diameters way in excess of the currently greatest suspension bridge span:
(1) We know that the progressive subdivision of a given metal fiber into a plurality of fibers, provides tensile capabilities of the smaller fibers at increased magnitudes up to hundreds and thousandsfold that of the unit section. This is because of the increased surface-to-mass ratios and because all tensile capability is apparently invested in the surfaces.
(2) The geodesic tensegrity spheres are capable of mathematical treatment in such a manner as to multiply the frequency of triangular modular subdivision in an orderly second power progression and formulaic control."
