Design Principles and Preliminary Actuation Approaches for Novel Multiple-Layer Lamina Emergent Mechanisms

Multiple-layer Lamina Emergent Mechanisms (MLEMs) are mechanisms made from multiple sheets (lamina) of material with motion that emerges out of the fabrication plane. This study has shown that understanding how layers are used in existing products and in nature provides insight into how MLEMs can al...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gollnick, Paul Shumway
Format: Others
Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 2010
Subjects:
LEM
Online Access:https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2279
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3278&context=etd