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[[File:Field control tower P1220950.jpg|thumb|right|A field deployable [[control tower]]]]

A '''deployable structure''' is a structure that can change shape so as to significantly change its size.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/dp/3211836853 S. Pellegrino (Ed.), ''Deployable Structures,'' CISM International Center for Mechanical Sciences, Springer, 2002]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www-civ.eng.cam.ac.uk/dsl/|title=Deployable Structures}}</ref>

Examples of deployable structures are [[umbrella]]s, some [[tensegrity]] structures, [[bistable structure]]s, some [[Origami]] shapes and scissor-like structures. Deployable structures are also used on spacecraft for deploying [[solar panel]]s and [[solar sail]]s.

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File:Scissor Tower3.gif|Multiple scissor-type structure

File:Hoberman Mechanism.gif|Simple [[Hoberman mechanism]]

File:Radially Fording Structure.gif|CompundCompound [[Hoberman mechanism]]

File:Deployable Structure1.gif|Outward folding deployable ring structure

File:Deployable Structure2.gif|Inward folding deployable ring structure

File:Nustar mast deployed v2.jpg|thumb|left|400px|[[NuSTAR]] mast in the stowed configuration.

File:Nustar mast deployed.jpg|thumb|left|600px|[[NuSTAR]] mast deployed.

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* [[Parallel motion]]

* [[Slider-crank linkage]]

* [[Compliant mechanism]]

==References==

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==External links==

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* [http://www-civ.eng.cam.ac.uk/dsl/publications.html University of Cambridge Deployable structures department publications]

[[Category:Linkages (mechanical)]]