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DESIGN OPTIMIZATION FOR A VIBRATING VERTICAL CANTILEVER
Gooch, S.; Raine, J.; McCallion, H.
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Year:
2004
Editor:
Marjanovic D.
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Section:
TECHNICAL SYSTEMS
Page(s):
1263 - 1270
Abstract:
This paper determines the maximum practical economic size to which a vertical cantilever beam, in the form of Len Lye's kinetic sculpture Blade, can be built. The artists intentions in the performance of Blade where formulated in engineering terms and a set of design constraint equations produced. This study gave a quantitive measure of the performance of candidate materials for a vertical cantilever. High strength titanium alloys were found to be significantly cheaper than a low alloy steels when considered on a cost per performance basis.
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