Assembly of reconfigurable Bricard-like mechanisms to form a multimode deployable arch
<p>This paper deals with the construction of a novel family of multimode deployable mechanisms based on reconfigurable Bricard-like mechanisms. By connecting a number of identical threefold-symmetric (TFS) Bricard-like mechanisms, a multimode deployable arch is proposed for the first time, whi...
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2023-09-01
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| Series: | Mechanical Sciences |
| Online Access: | https://ms.copernicus.org/articles/14/387/2023/ms-14-387-2023.pdf |
| Summary: | <p>This paper deals with the construction of a novel family
of multimode deployable mechanisms based on reconfigurable Bricard-like
mechanisms. By connecting a number of identical threefold-symmetric (TFS)
Bricard-like mechanisms, a multimode deployable arch is proposed for the
first time, which can switch between the scissor-like deployable mode and
the arch deformable mode through the transition configuration. Then new
multimode center-driven deployable mechanisms can be obtained by connecting
three and six multimode deployable arches. The obtained mechanism can switch between the scissor-like deployable mode and spherical deformable mode, and it can be reassembled by adjusting the number of TFS Bricard-like mechanisms to change its size. Finally, physical prototypes of the multimode deployable arch and multimode center-driven deployable mechanisms are fabricated and tested to validate the feasibility of the proposed approach and analysis.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 2191-9151 2191-916X |