| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2024 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2024)
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| Symposium
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2024 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2024)
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| Presentation Title |
A Design and Additive Manufacturing Framework for Voxel-based, Multi-material, Thick-folding Origami |
| Author(s) |
Evelyn Thomas, Jared Butler, Nicholas Meisel |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Evelyn Thomas |
| Abstract Scope |
Origami has expanded beyond its paper-craft origins to solve problems related to volumetric constraints and deployment within fields such as aerospace, civil engineering, and biomedical engineering. While paper folding enables the design of complex mechanical systems, realizing these systems in thick, engineered materials requires additional design and manufacturing considerations when contrasted against traditional, thin origami. Methods to accommodate for thickness in origami-based systems require numerous processes and assembly steps. The material and functional complexity of voxel-based additive manufacturing can address the drawbacks inherent to traditional thick-folding origami. Design at the voxel level can allow for precise and continuous functionally graded material properties that enable novel behavior and improve the overall performance of thick-folding origami designs. This paper details a framework for designing voxel-based additive-manufactured thick-folding origami parts. This framework is demonstrated through two case studies that show the application of voxel-based multi-material additive manufacturing to thick-folding origami techniques. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Definite: Post-meeting proceedings |