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Proc Math Phys Eng Sci. 2017 Apr;473(2200):20160716. doi: 10.1098/rspa.2016.0716. Epub 2017 Apr 26.

Design and simulation of origami structures with smooth folds.

Proceedings. Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences

E A Peraza Hernandez, D J Hartl, D C Lagoudas

Affiliations

  1. Department of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.

PMID: 28484322 PMCID: PMC5415682 DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2016.0716

Abstract

Origami has enabled new approaches to the fabrication and functionality of multiple structures. Current methods for origami design are restricted to the idealization of folds as creases of zeroth-order geometric continuity. Such an idealization is not proper for origami structures of non-negligible fold thickness or maximum curvature at the folds restricted by material limitations. For such structures, folds are not properly represented as creases but rather as bent regions of higher-order geometric continuity. Such fold regions of arbitrary order of continuity are termed as

Keywords: design; origami; smooth folds

Conflict of interest statement

We have no competing interests.

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