Design Optimisation and Shape Adjustment
pantographs | dynamic & | kinematic simulation | finite element method | force method | geometry | linkages | mechanisms | prestress | retractable roofs | sensitivities | single degree of freedom system | topologyThe force method of structural analysis is used to compute the independent states of self-stress of the fully deployed structure, and also to simulate the deployment motion. I have developed a sensitivity analysis based on the force method to optimise the stiffness of a pantographic deployable structure, subject to weight and buckling constraints. In addition, I have developed a shape adjustment method to correct for manufacturing errors and thermally induced deformation by altering the length of some structural members. High shape accuracy is a general requirement for mesh reflectors.
This page is created by Zhong You, who is a university lecturer in the Department of Engineering Science of Oxford University. This is a link to his current address. You may e-mail zhong.you@eng.ox.ac.uk for further infomation.
Zhong was an EPSRC advanced fellow based at Cambridge University before moving to Oxford.