Symmetric waterbomb origami
Abstract
The traditional waterbomb origami, produced from a pattern consisting of a series of vertices where six creases meet, is one of the most widely used origami patterns. From a rigid origami viewpoint, it generally has multiple degrees of freedom, but when the pattern is folded symmetrically, the mobility reduces to one. This paper presents a thorough kinematic investigation on symmetric folding of the waterbomb pattern. It has been found that the pattern can have two folding paths under certain circumstance. Moreover, the pattern can be used to fold thick panels. Not only do the additional constraints imposed to fold the thick panels lead to single degree of freedom folding, but the folding process is also kinematically equivalent to the origami of zero-thickness sheets. The findings pave the way for the pattern being readily used to fold deployable structures ranging from flat roofs to large solar panels.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2016
- Source ID
- 10.1098/rspa.2015.0846
Entities
People
- Huijuan Feng
- Jiayao Ma
- Rui Peng
- Yan Chen
- Zhong You
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Tianjin University
- University of Oxford