Origami-inspired structures with programmable multi-step deformation

作者：Haozhe Wang, Yulong He, Anfeng Yu, Xin Li, Meng Gu, Xiaodong Ling, Guoxin Chen · 发表于：Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures · 年份：2022 · DOI：10.1080/15376494.2022.2133197 · 被引用次数：30 · 研究领域：Advanced Materials and Mechanics、Structural Analysis and Optimization、Cellular and Composite Structures

In this paper, we presented an extended family of Miura-ori structures with programmable multi-step deformation via arraying and mirroring. We found that there is a competitive relationship between thickness gradient and structural gradient for these origami structures. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the multi-step deformation can be designed by altering the geometrical parametric and the order of these origami structures and the number of deformation stages will change with the change of the thickness gradient. Therefore, the current study can be used to construct novel origami metamaterials for engineering applications, such as energy absorbers for both light and heavy impacts.