Origami-like creases in sheet materials for compliant mechanism design

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the creasing of non-paper sheet materials, such as plastics and metals, to facilitate origami-based compliant mechanism design. Although it is anticipated that most origami-based design will result from surrogate folds (indirect methods of replacing the cr...

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Main Authors: K. C. Francis, J. E. Blanch, S. P. Magleby, L. L. Howell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2013-11-01
Series:Mechanical Sciences
Online Access:http://www.mech-sci.net/4/371/2013/ms-4-371-2013.pdf