Multimaterial 3D printed self-locking thick-panel origami metamaterials.

ABSTRACT: Thick-panel origami has shown great potential in engineering applications. However, the thick-panel origami created by current design methods cannot be readily adopted to structural applications due to the inefficient manufacturing methods. Here, we report a design and manufacturing strategy for creating thick-panel origami structures with excellent foldability and capability of withstanding cyclic loading. We directly print thick-panel origami through a single fused deposition modeling (FDM) multimaterial 3D printer following a wrapping-based fabrication strategy where the rigid panels are wrapped and connected by highly stretchable soft parts. Through stacking two thick-panel origami panels into a predetermined configuration, we develop a 3D self-locking thick-panel origami structure tha

SUBMITTER: Ye H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10036479 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature