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The floral plant-like truss that emerged was a completely new structural configuration, a previously unknown tension network arch.

Claim about the structural innovation achieved through the unfolding process.

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Using steel stiffness instead of concrete stiffness in finite element model reduced shears in main arch, lowered bending moments, and changed several strut forces from compression to tension
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Considering realistic rebar stiffness uncovered a novel tension network behavior.

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