Kinematics of pantograph masts

Nagaraj, BP and Pandiyan, R and Ghosal, Ashitava (2009) Kinematics of pantograph masts. In: Mechanism and Machine Theory, 44 (4). pp. 822-834.

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Abstract

This paper deals with the kinematics of pantograph masts. Pantograph masts have widespread use in space application as deployable structures. They are over constrained mechanisms with degree-of-freedom, evaluated by the Grübler–Kutzback formula, as less than one. In this paper, a numerical algorithm is used to evaluate the degree-of-freedom of pantograph masts by obtaining the null space of a constraint Jacobian matrix. In the process redundant joints in the masts are obtained. A method based on symbolic computation, to obtain the closed-form kinematics equations of triangular and box shaped pantograph masts, is presented. In the process, the various configurations such masts can attain during deployment, are obtained. The closed-form solution also helps in identifying the redundant joints in the masts. The symbolic computations involving the Jacobian matrix also leads to a method to evaluate the global degree-of-freedom for these masts.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Mechanism and Machine Theory
Publisher:	Elsevier
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Mechanical Engineering
Date Deposited:	28 Dec 2010 07:02
Last Modified:	28 Dec 2010 07:09
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/33947

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