Accommodating Thickness in Origami-Based Deployable Arrays

By S. A. Zirbel, Robert J. Lang, M. Thomson, D. Sigel, P. Walkemeyer, B. Trease, S. Magleby, Larry L. Howell. 2013

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Subfields: Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

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Design of three-dimensional origami structures based on a vertex approach (2015, background): “Introduction Origami, an ancient art of paper folding, has aroused considerable research interest in mathematics and engineering in recent years and has received credit for many innovative applications ranging from lightweight sandwich structures [1], to automotive safety devices [2], deployable sol”
Waterbomb base: a symmetric single-vertex bistable origami mechanism (2014, methodology): “The kinematics of general origami folding have been investigated [6, 7] and folding algorithms have been developed and applied to complex problems such as automotive airbag folding [8] and deployable solar panels [9].”
Origami-based tunable truss structures for non-volatile mechanical memory operation (2016, background): “This can be beneficial for the control of deployable planar structures, such as solar panels and sails [11, 12].”
Concrete material science: Past, present, and future innovations (2018, background): ““Origamics” [233] is at the center of an intense exploration activity for (possible) applications as diverse as solar arrays [237], deployable curtain walls for light control [234], self-foldable robots [238], or self-deployable stent grafts [239], just to name a few.”
A review on application of mechanical metamaterials for vibration control (2021, background): “The use of foldable structures found applications in the automotive industry as airbags [91], deployable solar panels [92], foldable telescopic lens [93].”
Origami-inspired active structures: a synthesis and review (2014, background): “Zirbel and coworkers [241, 223, 242] addressed the accommodation of thickness in origami-based deployable arrays, motivated by the need to fold thick rigid panels that”
A review of origami applications in mechanical engineering (2016, background): “Material selection is not limited to monolithic materials because composites and sandwiched membranes have been used.(29) 4.”
Origami tubes assembled into stiff, yet reconfigurable structures and metamaterials (2015, background): “Largescale origami structures can be constructed from thickened panels connected by hinges and can be actuated with mechanical forces (11, 18, 19).”