A technique is introduced for the determination of exact joint locations in deployable truss structures that are foldable onto either a plane or line. It is shown that the distance of each joint from a nodal center, i.e. a point of intersection of the longitudinal axes of connected struts, can be determined by generating a stacking sequence in one or two directions (foldable onto either a plane or line) for the struts in the folded configuration. The feasibility of a design is then tested by attempting to construct the folded configuration such that no interference of struts occurs. It is demonstrated that many unique stacking sequences may be possible for a given deployable structure, leading to many unique folded configurations. Criteria for optimum design solutions are addressed and examples of the implementation of this technique are provided.


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    Titel :

    Generation of exact joint locations in conceptual designs of deployable truss structures


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Entwicklung von exakten Verbindungsstellen in der Vorplanung von sich entfaltenden Stützstrukturen


    Beteiligte:
    Warnaar, D.B. (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1994


    Format / Umfang :

    9 Seiten, 11 Bilder, 2 Tabellen, 14 Quellen



    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch