Shaping the topology of folding pathways in mechanical systems

Self-folding origami have applications for mechanical metamaterials but one of their pitfalls is that many undesirable folding modes exist. Here the authors propose an algorithm to determine which folding joints to make stiffer in order to ensure that the sheet is folded into the chosen state.

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Main Authors: Menachem Stern, Viraaj Jayaram, Arvind Murugan
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/cd6b9afc5106459390b1d886f515a20b
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