Title :
A 3-DOF parallel manipulator as earthquake motion simulator
Author :
Ceccarelli, Marco ; Ottaviano, Erika ; Galvagno, Marco
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Robotics & Mechatronics, Cassino Univ., Italy
Abstract :
Parallel manipulators are increasingly used in new applications by exploiting their peculiarities. The specific motion simulation capability of CaPaMan (Cassino parallel manipulator) can be used for an earthquake simulator. In this paper, a study of feasibility of such novel application of a 3-DOF CaPaMan prototype has been presented by looking experimentally not only at point seismograms but even to 3D earthquake motion. Although 3-DOFs do not permit exact repetition of real 3D earthquake motion, the results have been satisfactory since a design earthquake simulation has been determined and tested with the basic earthquake characteristics.
Keywords :
earthquakes; geophysics computing; manipulators; seismic waves; seismology; 3-DOF parallel manipulator; 3D earthquake motion; Cassino parallel manipulator; earthquake characteristics; earthquake motion simulator; seismograms; Civil engineering; Earthquakes; Laboratories; Manipulators; Mechatronics; Monitoring; Parallel robots; Prototypes; Seismic waves; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, 2002. ICARCV 2002. 7th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
981-04-8364-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICARCV.2002.1238551
