Design Considerations for the Dimensional Synthesis of Cylindrical Developable Mechanisms

H Vennard, J Greenwood… - Journal of …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Developable mechanisms provide unparalleled compactness and deployability. This paper
explores the kinematic behavior of developable mechanisms that conform to regular …

[HTML][HTML] A Novel Tripod Concept for Onshore Wind Turbine Towers

CJ Gantes, M Villi Billi, M Güldogan, S Gül - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
A wind turbine tower assembly is presented, consisting of a lower “tripod section” and an
upper tubular steel section, aiming at enabling very tall hub heights for optimum exploitation …