Malleability and optimization of tetrahedral metamorphic element for deployable truss antenna reflector

The tetrahedral elements that make up the large deployable reflector (LDR) are a kind of metamorphic element, which belongs to the multi-loop coupling mechanism. Firstly, the method of combining topology with screw theory is put forward. The parametric model and the constrained matrix are establishe...

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Main Authors: Fei Hu, Yanping Song, Zhirong Huang, Wenlan Liu, Wan Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2018-05-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5019828