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
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;
Journal_Title :
Computing in Science & Engineering
DOI :
10.1109/MCSE.2012.93
