ISHIDA SACHIKO
   Department   Undergraduate School  , School of Science and Technology
   Position   Associate Professor
Language English
Publication Date 2014/08
Type International Conference
Peer Review Peer reviewed
Title Regular Folding Pattern Generation for Deployable Non-Axisymmetric Tubes
Contribution Type Co-authored (first author)
Journal Proceedings of ASME 2014 IDETC/CIE Conference
Journal TypeAnother Country
Publisher American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Volume, Issue, Page pp.DETC2014-34595
Authorship Lead author
Author and coauthor Sachiko Ishida, Taketoshi Nojima and Ichiro Hagiwara
Details This paper presents two modeling techniques to design folding patterns for deployable non-axisymmetric tubes, with regular arrangement of fold lines based on three fundamental folding designs; Miura folding, bellows folding, and folding with six fold lines at each node. The first technique is conducted by allowing cutting and removing unnecessary parts from the original folding pattern - one of the corresponding straight cylinder. The next technique is to design additional fold lines on unnecessary parts to fold them up into the tube, without cutting the surface. Consequently, applicability and constraints of each folding design and modeling techniques are discussed and summarized.