For origami inspired folded plate structures, the principle of folding cannot only be used as a means for stiffening, but can also enable the structure’s agility. Current research projects, however, are almost entirely restricted to immovable folded plate structures. The objective of this bachelor thesis is designing deployable, room-overarching, self-supporting folded structures, which can be made of thick plates and have only one kinematic degree of freedom. First, I present the mathematic conditions for a rigid-foldable and a flat-foldable origami vertices; followed by details on different degree-4, symmetric crease patterns from experimentation with paper folding. The spatial geometry, kinematics and support points of these models are precisely explained and analyzed. Moreover, I introduce variants of existing crease patterns which come with reliable bearing in discretionary movement patterns. Freeform surface folded structures - created with the software „Freeform Origami“ - cannot provide this bearing, because of the geometric variation. It is also demonstrated that, due to additional degrees of freedom, degree-6 crease patterns are not suitable for designing deployable, self-supporting structures. Finally, I describe the manufacturing of folding structures with thick plates, using the constructive principle of Charles Hoberman (two levels of thickness).
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For origami inspired folded plate structures, the principle of folding cannot only be used as a means for stiffening, but can also enable the structure’s agility. Current research projects, however, are almost entirely restricted to immovable folded plate structures. The objective of this bachelor thesis is designing deployable, room-overarching, self-supporting folded structures, which can be made of thick plates and have only one kinematic degree of freedom. First, I present the mathematic con...
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