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Revision as of 14:44, 30 September 2018
ADAM Collapsible Truss System
The ADAM collapsible truss system from Able Engineering Inc., is, according to Tilbert [1]] something of a simplification upon the earlier FAST mast system produced by the same company. The ADAM system is deployed by a rotating nut at the base, which swivels each bay in turn upon spherical hinges and causes it to spring into a rigid box, as shown by Figure 3-18. Each box is then stiffened and secured as the diagonal cross-ties become taut resulting in a space-proven and highly scalable structure, the longest example of which reached nearly 61 m.
http://www.aec-able.com/Booms/adam.html
Links and References
[1]] “Deployable Tensegrity Structures for Space Applications” PhD Thesis, Kungl Tekniska Hogskolan, Stockholm, Sweden
ABLE Engineering Deployable Space Systems website, http://www.aec-able.com/Booms/adam.html
ATK website, http://www.atk.com/products-services/articulated-mast-systems/%7Carticulated mast systems ATK website, http://www.atk.com/products-services/coilable-boom-systems/%7Ccoilable boom systems Aec-Able engineering patent on a non-tensegrity http://www.google.com/patents/US5184444%7CSurvivable deployable/retractable mast
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