A study of isostatic framework with application to manipulator design

Isostatic frameworks are statically determinate trusses that are self contained (Le. they exist independent of support or foundation). Isostatic frameworks have been widely used as supporting structures, and recently they have been used as the structure for parallel manipulators. These truss-based m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Padmanabhan, Babu
Other Authors: Mechanical Engineering
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29317
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10202005-102811/