• DocumentCode
    894761
  • Title

    Application of a 3-DOF parallel manipulator for earthquake simulations

  • Author

    Ottaviano, E. ; Ceccarelli, M.

  • Author_Institution
    LARM, Univ. of Cassino, Italy
  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    4/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    241
  • Lastpage
    246
  • Abstract
    In this paper a formulation and experimental results are presented for a novel application of a 3-degree of freedom (DOF) parallel manipulator to simulate point seismograms and three-dimensional (3-D) earthquake motion. The rigid body acceleration is analyzed to simulate real 3-D earthquakes. Furthermore, first experimental results are reported to analyze earthquake effects on scaled civil structures.
  • Keywords
    accelerometers; earthquakes; manipulators; seismology; 3DOF parallel manipulator; earthquake motion; earthquake simulations; point seismograms; rigid body acceleration; scaled civil structures; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Chemicals; Earthquakes; Mechatronics; Monitoring; Sea surface; Seismic waves; Shape; Surface waves; Earthquake simulators; experimental robotics; parallel manipulators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Mechatronics, IEEE/ASME Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1083-4435
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMECH.2006.871103
  • Filename
    1618683