Workspace optimization of a very large cable-driven parallel mechanism for a radiotelescope application

2007 Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC2007

Volumn 8 PART B, Issue , 2008, Pages 963-970

  Bouchard, Samuel ^a   Gosselin, Clément M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY NUMBERS; CABLE-DRIVEN PARALLEL MECHANISM (CDPM); DESIGN GUIDELINES; EXTERNAL FORCING; GENERAL (CO); INTERNATIONAL DESIGNS; ORIENTABLE; RADIO ANTENNAS; STATIC EQUILIBRIUM; TECHNICAL CONFERENCES;

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; ANTENNAS; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; AUTOMATION; CABLES; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTERS; ENGINEERING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MECHANICS; MECHANISMS; OPTIMIZATION; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SET THEORY; TECHNOLOGY; TESTING; WIRE ROPE;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 44849112854     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2007-34286     Document Type: Conference Paper

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