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The Compressive and Shear Characteristics of Miura-ori Forms as Core Materials of Sandwich Structures
The mechanical properties of Miura-ori foldcore metamaterials were studied using finite element simulations. The responses of foldcores with various...
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Mechanical responses of folded structures from the generalized Resch patterns
Foldcores are considered as a kind of lightweight sandwich structures that have the potential to replace honeycomb core materials, especially in the...
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Orimimetic Folds into Deployable Mechanisms with Potential Functionalities in Biomedical Robotics
Origami applications in biomedical engineering have steadily gained favor as these versatile designs are deployable and can be built from pliable...
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Evaluation of Forming Methods for the Pre-sha** of Miura-Structures Made of Sheet Metal Materials
By applying the rules of technical origami, flat raw materials can be folded into cellular structures. This also includes semi-finished sheet metal...
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Thermal–mechanical properties of aluminum cylindrical sandwich structures with foldcores
Nowadays sandwich structures with foldcores have extensive applications in aviation and aerospace fields, which are considered better than honeycomb...
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Foldcore Structures with Origami Initiators for Energy-Absorbing Sandwich Panels
Origami foldcore structures can be used in thin-walled sandwich panels to provide unique advantages over traditional honeycomb structures. For...
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Conservative Dynamical Systems in Oscillating Origami Tessellations
Folded surfaces of origami tessellations sometimes exhibit non-trivial behaviors, which have attracted much attention. The oscillation of tubular...
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Nonlinear dynamics of origami metamaterials: energetic discrete approach accounting for bending and in-plane deformation of facets
In this paper, we start the analysis of the nonlinear dynamics of structural elements having an origami-type microstructure and micro-kinematics,...
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Simulation of ultra-thin membranes with creases
Two dimensional nature of thin membranes has led to their evolution as an essential component in space structures that demand lighter mass and...
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Deployable Compression Generating and Sensing for Wearable Compression-Aware Force Rendering
Here, we report a novel origami-structured wrist band to enhance such skin mechanical modulations with active pressure generating and monitoring...
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Simulating flexible origami structures by finite element method
Most origamis are composed of triangular and quadrilateral facets. Since creases are practically straight, facets can be modelled as 3-node triangles...
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A numerical study of the dynamic properties of Miura folded metamaterials
In this paper, we investigated the dynamic properties of origami structures composed of Miura unit cells with rigid facets and elastic hinges under...
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Structural Engineering of Flexible Electronics
Over the last two decades, extensive efforts on advanced functional materials and flexible structural designs have been implemented to improve...
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A framework for small satellite deployable structures and how to deploy them reliably
Because of the miniaturization of small satellites, most of them have deployables to expand effective areas. However, Small Satellites are not only...
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Investigating the design and process parameters of folded perforated sheet metal
Origami-based sheet metal (OSM) bending is an extension of rigid origami technique, where the final 3D structure is created from a single 2D flat...
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An Energy Harvester Based on a Bistable Origami Mechanism
This paper describes a vibration energy harvester based on an origami mechanism through piezoelectric energy conversion. The device is capable of...
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Adaptive Skins: Towards New Material Systems
The aim of this chapter is to shed light on the potentialities of smart material systems in architectural skins. The research on new materials has...
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Aquatic unmanned aerial vehicles (AquaUAV): Bionic prototypes, key technologies, analysis methods, and potential solutions
Some research on aircraft is largely inspired by birds. Among them, aerial-aquatic amphibians with trans-media locomotion capabilities have greatly...
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Design of Autoreaction, Case Studies
Automated homeostasis and the integration of transient features have increasingly become sought-after aspects in artefacts and products. This chapter...