TY - GEN
T1 - Coupled origami tubes for stiff deployable cantilevers
AU - Filipov, Evgueni T.
AU - Tachi, Tomohiro
AU - Paulino, Glaucio H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2019 ASME.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Thin sheets folded into three dimensional origami structures can be useful in various engineering applications. This work explores the stiffness of deployable origami tubes used as cantilevers. A unique “zipper” configuration is used to couple the tubes, which makes the systems easy to deploy, yet stiff for other deformation modes. The self-restricting geometry of the coupled tubes limits local deformations and makes the systems stiff for out-of-plane loading. The global deployment characteristics are explored using eigenvalue band-gaps, and indicate that tubes with lower sector angles are easy to deploy yet also stiffer for unintended motions. Cantilever analyses show that the geometry of the coupled tubes can significantly affect the stiffness, with some tube combinations having a high orthogonal stiffness throughout deployment, while others only having a high stiffness when fully deployed. Parametric studies are used to show optimal geometries for the coupled tubes that maximize the eigenvalue band-gaps and the stiffness throughout the deployment. The coupled tubes could serve applications such as adjustable robotic arms, and deployable space booms with a reliable extension sequence.
AB - Thin sheets folded into three dimensional origami structures can be useful in various engineering applications. This work explores the stiffness of deployable origami tubes used as cantilevers. A unique “zipper” configuration is used to couple the tubes, which makes the systems easy to deploy, yet stiff for other deformation modes. The self-restricting geometry of the coupled tubes limits local deformations and makes the systems stiff for out-of-plane loading. The global deployment characteristics are explored using eigenvalue band-gaps, and indicate that tubes with lower sector angles are easy to deploy yet also stiffer for unintended motions. Cantilever analyses show that the geometry of the coupled tubes can significantly affect the stiffness, with some tube combinations having a high orthogonal stiffness throughout deployment, while others only having a high stiffness when fully deployed. Parametric studies are used to show optimal geometries for the coupled tubes that maximize the eigenvalue band-gaps and the stiffness throughout the deployment. The coupled tubes could serve applications such as adjustable robotic arms, and deployable space booms with a reliable extension sequence.
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U2 - 10.1115/DETC2019-97096
DO - 10.1115/DETC2019-97096
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85076498785
T3 - Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
BT - 43rd Mechanisms and Robotics Conference
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
T2 - ASME 2019 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC-CIE 2019
Y2 - 18 August 2019 through 21 August 2019
ER -