Assembly of reconfigurable Bricard-like mechanisms to form a multimode deployable arch
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Published:2023-09-29
Issue:2
Volume:14
Page:387-398
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ISSN:2191-916X
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Container-title:Mechanical Sciences
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Mech. Sci.
Author:
Li Ruiming,Zhang Xianhong,Zhang Shuo,Liu Ran,Yao Yan-an
Abstract
Abstract. 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.
Funder
National Outstanding Youth Science Fund Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
Publisher
Copernicus GmbH
Subject
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes,Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Civil and Structural Engineering,Control and Systems Engineering
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