Zipper Tube Origami
By combining tubes with different geometries the researchers can make many different three dimensional.
Zipper tube origami. 2d and movie s1. Designed by researchers from the universityof illinois at urbana champaign the georgia institute of technology and theuniversity of tokyo the zipper tube relies on an origami technique. Kayaks furniture museums and space based solar panels.
Origami inspired zippered tubes create super strong structures that fold down flat. Researchers from the university of illinois at urbana champaign the georgia institute of technology and the university of tokyo have developed a new zippered tube configuration that makes paper structures stiff enough to hold weight yet able to fold flat for easy shipping and storage. Origami zipper tubes origami zipper tube page in prof.
That s what researchers from the university of illinois at urbana champaign the georgia institute of technology and the university of tokyo suggest in a proceedings of the national academy of sciences paper. From shipping and construction to outer space origami could put a folded twist on structural engineering. The zipper configuration works even with tubes that have different angles of folding.
Paulino origami tubes assembled into stiff yet reconfigurable structures and metamaterials pnas doi 10 1073 pnas 1509465. We explore the mechanical properties of this assemblage and compare it with an aligned coupled system where tubes are only translated 30 31 and an internally coupled system consisting of two compatible tubes 7 fig. Taking inspiration from origami is nothing new.
