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Anonymous Poster	How to calculate a tripod 02/06/2008 4:41 PM
	Can a Tripod be calculated as a simple beam with a center load?
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user-deleted-1105 Guru Join Date: May 2007 Location: Harlow England Posts: 16512 Good Answers: 670	#1 Re: How to calculate a tripod 02/06/2008 5:28 PM
	Not my discipline, but I would think not. __________________ health warning: These posts may contain traces of nut.
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nick name Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: City of Light Posts: 3943 Good Answers: 183	#2 Re: How to calculate a tripod 02/06/2008 7:02 PM
	I do not know which kind of tripod you mean. If it is the structure of a pick and place robot or an other structure with all legs articulated at both ends then you can consider every leg as a beam loaded with an axial force since the articulations (bearings ) do not allow the transmission of bending moments. The structure can be analysed as any other space structure consisting of beams. It is the usual way to analyse from a mechanical point of view such structures. Your problem will be to determine the right values for the loads.
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MACA Power-User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Posts: 393 Good Answers: 21	#3 Re: How to calculate a tripod 02/07/2008 4:45 AM
	What are you calculating?
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