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Framework for the Fabrication of Scalable, Flat Foldable, Thick Origami Kresling Structures via Non-rigid Methods

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Abstract

The fabrication of thick origami structures often faces two challenges. Thick origami is usually rigid and not flat foldable. This work demonstrates a technique for creating non-rigid, fully flat foldable, and thick origami. By harnessing the material properties of 3D-printed Polylactic Acid (PLA), thick origami panels that selectively exhibit non-rigid behaviors can be fabricated using living hinges. Constraining the deformation of these living hinges within the elastic regime of the material, robust flat foldable thick origami structures can be created. These methods are demonstrated in a parametric model of a thick origami flat foldable Kresling pattern. The kinematics and bistable mechanical properties of these Kresling structures will be characterized to demonstrate the viability and scalability of this technique.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationOrigami8, Volume 1 - Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting on Origami in Science, Mathematics and Education 8OSME
EditorsGuoxing Lu, Zhong You, Michael Assis
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages189-200
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9789819686636
DOIs
StatePublished - 2026
Event8th International Meeting on Origami in Science, Mathematics and Education, 8OSME 2024 - Melbourne, Australia
Duration: Jul 16 2024Jul 18 2024

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
ISSN (Print)2195-4356
ISSN (Electronic)2195-4364

Conference

Conference8th International Meeting on Origami in Science, Mathematics and Education, 8OSME 2024
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityMelbourne
Period7/16/247/18/24

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Automotive Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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