Folding of Thick Origami Through Regionally Sandwiched Compliant Sheets
Abstract
The regional sandwiching of compliant sheets (ReCS) technique presented in this work creates flat-foldable, rigid-foldable, and self-deploying thick origami-based mechanisms. Regional sandwiching of the compliant sheet is used to create mountain-valley assignments for each fold about a vertex, constraining motion to a single branch of folding. Strain energy in deflected flexible members is used to enable self-deployment. This work presents the methods to design origami-based mechanisms using the ReCS technique, including volume trimming at the vertex of the compliant sheet and of the panels used in the sandwich. Three physical models, a simple single fold mechanism, a degree-four vertex mechanism, and a full tessellation, are presented to demonstrate the ReCS technique using acrylic panels with spring and low-carbon steels. Consideration is given to the risk of yielding of the compliant sheet due to parasitic motion with possible mitigation of yielding by decreasing the thickness of the sheet.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Oct 31, 2019
- Source ID
- 10.1115/1.4045248
Entities
People
- Jared Butler
- Nathan Pehrson
- Spencer P Magleby
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Brigham Young University
- National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka
- Utah Space Grant Consortium