Actuators and Sensors Based on Tensegrity D-bar Structures
Tensegrity offers lightweight deployable structures for use in many engineering disciplines. Among all of the available tensegrity forms, D-Bar has a potential for combined applications of sensing, actuation, and structural support. In this paper, we enhance the minimal mass formulation of the D-Bar...
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| description | Tensegrity offers lightweight deployable structures for use in many engineering disciplines. Among all of the available tensegrity forms, D-Bar has a potential for combined applications of sensing, actuation, and structural support. In this paper, we enhance the minimal mass formulation of the D-Bar by including yielding of the compressive members as a design constraint in contrast to the previous assumption which considers buckling as the sole failure mechanism. In addition, we analyze the length and force gains of a D-bar system analytically by considering the minimal mass D-bar as the design constraint. Furthermore, we calculate the stiffness of the D-Bar and when appropriate use as design constraints as well. To enhance the minimal mass properties of the D-Bar, we combine T-bar and D-bar systems. The analysis shows that these structures are the basis for effective force transducers, force-controlled actuators, and efficient deployable compressive structures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-187ebcab01d244b89407482e6b6a162a2022-12-21T23:00:06ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences2296-987X2018-12-01510.3389/fspas.2018.00041392402Actuators and Sensors Based on Tensegrity D-bar StructuresUtku Boz0Raman Goyal1Robert E. Skelton2Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI, United StatesDepartment of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United StatesDepartment of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United StatesTensegrity offers lightweight deployable structures for use in many engineering disciplines. Among all of the available tensegrity forms, D-Bar has a potential for combined applications of sensing, actuation, and structural support. In this paper, we enhance the minimal mass formulation of the D-Bar by including yielding of the compressive members as a design constraint in contrast to the previous assumption which considers buckling as the sole failure mechanism. In addition, we analyze the length and force gains of a D-bar system analytically by considering the minimal mass D-bar as the design constraint. Furthermore, we calculate the stiffness of the D-Bar and when appropriate use as design constraints as well. To enhance the minimal mass properties of the D-Bar, we combine T-bar and D-bar systems. The analysis shows that these structures are the basis for effective force transducers, force-controlled actuators, and efficient deployable compressive structures.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fspas.2018.00041/fulltensegrityD-bar systemsstiffnessactuatorssensors |
| spellingShingle | Utku Boz Raman Goyal Robert E. Skelton Actuators and Sensors Based on Tensegrity D-bar Structures Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences tensegrity D-bar systems stiffness actuators sensors |
| title | Actuators and Sensors Based on Tensegrity D-bar Structures |
| title_full | Actuators and Sensors Based on Tensegrity D-bar Structures |
| title_fullStr | Actuators and Sensors Based on Tensegrity D-bar Structures |
| title_full_unstemmed | Actuators and Sensors Based on Tensegrity D-bar Structures |
| title_short | Actuators and Sensors Based on Tensegrity D-bar Structures |
| title_sort | actuators and sensors based on tensegrity d bar structures |
| topic | tensegrity D-bar systems stiffness actuators sensors |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fspas.2018.00041/full |
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