Multi-Stable Origami Structures with Thick Panels

Multi-Stable Origami Structures with Thick Panels | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Article Multi-Stable Origami Structures with Thick Panels Yang Li, Heming Wang, Zhuangzhi Miao, Tong Zhou, Ke Liu, Haitao Ye This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4451674/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Multi-stable morphing structures can be self-locked, easily actuated, and generate impulsive motion, and origami mechanisms with thick panels have the practical combination of morphing ability and load-bearing capacity. In this paper, we combine the two and propose a method to design multi-stable thick-origami (MSTO) structures, where the stable configurations can be arbitrarily prescribed. Bi-stable degree-4 and tri-stable degree-6 vertices with the corresponding tessellations are designed, analyzed, manufactured, and experimentally tested. Compared to the original one-degree-of-freedom thick-origami mechanisms, the multi-stable/multi-compatible version in this paper has a larger design space with more achievable configurations due to the relaxation of compatibility constraints. In addition to the existent multi-stable origami designs, such as Kresling-ori tubes and vertex-inverting locking designs, this work provides a new form of multi-stable origami with 2 to 3 arbitrarily prescribable stable configurations. Preliminary applications like self-locking deployable furniture and an impulsive gripper are demonstrated, which suggest a promising and potential prospect in many engineering fields such as deployable architectures and robotic devices. Physical sciences/Engineering/Mechanical engineering Physical sciences/Engineering/Civil engineering Physical sciences/Engineering/Aerospace engineering Full Text Additional Declarations There is NO Competing Interest. 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