Origami-/kirigami-inspired structures: from fundamentals to applications
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: IntroductionOver the past two decades, we have witnessed the rapid emergence of origami and kirigami as versatile design and fabrication platforms for incubating engineering innovations.This themed issue aims to exemplify this trend by showcasing some of the most cutting-edge research in this vibrant field.The original ideas of origami ('fold-paper' in Japanese) and kirigami ('cut-paper') were simple and elegant: one can cut, fold and manipulate a piece of paper into a decorative three-dimensional (3D) shape, like a paper crane or pop-up book.These folk arts originated from East Asia centuries ago.Their design and complexity have remained the same throughout this long history.The first breakthrough occurred after World War II, as artists and mathematicians developed new folding techniques and mathematical theories for designing and analysing cutting and folding.As a result, we have witnessed an explosion in the beauty and complexity of these ancient arts.The seemingly infinite possibility of creating 3D shapes out of twodimensional (2D) flat precursors quickly attracted attention from scientists and engineers, who turned origami and kirigami into a broad research discipline.The first breakthrough in origami and kirigami research occurred in design and folding kinematics, it is not surprising, therefore, that early engineering adoptions also focused on exploiting shape transformations via folding and cutting.The actions of folding and cutting divide a 2D sheet into a tessellation of rigid facets; in this way, origami and kirigami sheets behave like 3D linkage mechanisms.Deployable solar
Authors: Suyi Li, Mohammed F. Daqaq
Institutions: Virginia Tech, New York University Abu Dhabi
Language: English
Subfield: Mechanical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4403200562