• DocumentCode
    1329056
  • Title

    Variable-Geometry Trusses: What´s Your Angle?

  • Author

    O´Leary, Dianne P.

  • Author_Institution
    Appl. Math. Program, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    76
  • Lastpage
    79
  • Abstract
    In space travel and in other work environments where transporting equipment is expensive, it´s important that every item be as lightweight and versatile as possible. Strong platforms can be built by using six beams to connect two triangles. Given the six beams´ lengths, the problem is to determine how many unique platforms can be constructed from them and the two given triangles. This Web extra contains the Matlab file that generates a rotatable image.
  • Keywords
    computational geometry; Matlab file; rotatable image generation; six-beam-based platforms; triangles; variable-geometry truss; Geometry; MATLAB; Nonlinear equations; Polynomials; Scientific computing; Standards; geometric homotopy; scientific computing; variable-geometry trusses;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computing in Science & Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1521-9615
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MCSE.2012.93
  • Filename
    6341746
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1329056