A family of deployable polygons and polyhedra

Kiper G., SÖYLEMEZ E., KİŞİSEL A. U. Ö.

MECHANISM AND MACHINE THEORY, cilt.43, sa.5, ss.627-640, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 43 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2007.04.011
  • Dergi Adı: MECHANISM AND MACHINE THEORY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.627-640
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: deployable structures, deployable polygons, polyhedral linkages
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A new linkage type for resizing polygonal and polyhedral shapes is proposed. The single degree-of-freedom planar linkages considered mainly consist of links connected by revolute joints. It is shown that the group of mechanisms obtained realize Cardanic Motion. The polyhedral linkages proposed are constructed by implementing the proposed planar linkages on the faces and interconnecting them by links at the vertices to retain the solid angles of the polyhedral shape of interest. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.