This invention discloses a flexible and rigid connection structure and its usage method suitable for aerial work platforms, comprising four flexible connection mechanisms and four rigid connection mechanisms. One of each mechanism is installed at each of the four corners of the U-shaped
aerial work platform. The four flexible connection mechanisms connect the four independent platforms corresponding to the U-shaped
aerial work platform into a whole during the lifting process. The four rigid connection mechanisms are designed to be detachably connected between any two adjacent independent platforms, and are used for disassembly and fixing during the lifting process and after the U-shaped
aerial work platform has reached the designed position. This invention achieves overall platform lifting by setting flexible connection mechanisms on the long platforms inside and outside the
tower and using
wire rope traction for the telescopic platform, thus solving the problem of buffering against external impacts. After the long platforms inside and outside the
tower and the telescopic platform are in position, a rigid swing-arm connection mechanism connects the aerial work platform into a whole, effectively solving the problem of overall stability.