In conventional rigid mechanisms, the transmission of motion and power is mainly realized through joints, which can also be achieved by elastic deformation of the flexible body. The flexible cable can ...

Solid modelers, as the name implies, are good at "solid" modeling. Components such as timing belts and cables that have to be "flexible" during a motion actually change their shape during the motion.

Keywords: Earthquake engineering, cable dynamics; nonlinear dynamics; flexible bus conductors; earthquake excitation; tensegrity; complementarity Abstract: The use of cables may be seen in different ...