Telescoping (mechanics)
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Telescoping in mechanics describes the movement of one part sliding out from another, lengthening an object (such as a telescope or the lift arm of an aerial work platform) from its rest state.[1] In modern equipment this can be achieved by a hydraulics, but pulleys are generally used for simpler designs such as extendable ladders and amateur radio antennas.
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[edit]- ^ Yu, Christopher; Crane, Keenan; Coros, Stelian (2017-08-31). "Computational design of telescoping structures". ACM Transactions on Graphics. 36 (4): 1–9. doi:10.1145/3072959.3073673. ISSN 0730-0301.