Cable-driven manipulators are traditionally designed for general performance objectives, such as maximisation of workspace. To take advantage of the reconfigurability of cable-driven mechanisms, the optimisation of cable-configurations for specific tasks is presented. Specifically, two types of task specific objectives are explored, the minimisation of cable forces over a desired trajectory and...

in this paper a performance analysis is presented for a cable-suspended parallel manipulator. experimental results from some first tests are presented and discussed to validate the theoretical calculation of load carrying capacity. the load-carrying capacity during a given trajectory is obtained. this computational technique is tested on a typical planar cable suspended manipulator. the experim...

The purpose of this study was to assess the removability and biological reactivity of an ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fiber cable as a new biomaterial for osteosynthesis. We used a pull-out test and an implantation test to analyze the performance of the UHMWPE fiber cable using a dog model, and compared its characteristics with those of a wire cable and a soft wire. In the p...

A tri-axial HTS power cable has been proposed and developed to reduce the number of HTS wires because it has copper shield instead of HTS shield. However, it has a drawback which is an inherent imbalance problem due to an asymmetry configuration in the cable. The authors designed a 22.9 kV/50 MVA class tri-axial HTS cable. The inherent imbalance problem of the three-phase currents in the tri-ax...

Seafloor observation system using the underwater cable is one of the most reliable ways to provide high-speed data transmission and continuous power feeding to underwater devices. Recent evolution in the optical submarine cable and Internet technology make it possible to develop a versatile scientific submarine cable network. IEEE OES (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Oceanic ...

How big should the conductors be? The required size (or gauge) of the conductors depends on three factors: (1) the load impedance; (2) the length of cable required; and (3) the amount of power loss that can be tolerated. Each of these involves relationships between voltage (volts), resistance (ohms), current (amperes) and power (watts). These relationships are defined with Ohm’s Law. The job of...

A technique for real-time simulation of hoisting cable systems based on a multibody nonideal constraint is presented. The hoisting cable constraint is derived from the cable internal energies for stretching and twisting. Each hoisting cable introduces two constraint equations, one for stretching and one for torsion, which include all the rigid bodies attached by the same cable. The computation ...

Steel cables are widely used in cable-stayed bridges, suspension bridges and so on. It is important to test them periodically for their safe operation. The cable tension is one of the key testing parameters. Magnetoelastic methods are usually adopted to measure the cable tension due to their non-contact features. However, it is difficult to install the exciting and receiving encircling coil on ...

A finite element solution based on equevalent elements is proposed for the static and dynamic analysis of tallhigh tensioned cable antennas. To reduce high number of degrees of freedom in space frame body of a structure, a simple equivalent beam element is defined for each simulative substructure. This numerical procedure is applicable to analyze complex three dimensional assemblies of substruc...

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