Design of an origami-based cylindrical deployable mechanism
<p>In this paper, an innovative cylindrical deployable mechanism (DM) based on rigid origami is presented, which is used to design a parabolic cylindrical deployable antenna. The mechanism can be deployed from the cuboid folded configuration to the cylindrical unfolded configuration with only...
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| author | L. Huang P. Zeng P. Zeng L. Yin J. Huang |
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| description | <p>In this paper, an innovative cylindrical deployable
mechanism (DM) based on rigid origami is presented, which is used to design
a parabolic cylindrical deployable antenna. The mechanism can be deployed
from the cuboid folded configuration to the cylindrical unfolded
configuration with only one actuator. First, an innovative deployable string
is proposed based on different types of four-vertices origami unit cells and
kirigami techniques. By considering the units as 6R single-loop
mechanisms, the kinematics of the origami unit cells are analyzed. Through
the connection of identical deployable strings, the cylindrical DM is
constructed, and its mobility is analyzed utilizing the screw theory. Then
the proposed DM is used to design a parabolic cylindrical deployable
antenna. A number of pillars are installed on the panels of the DM, and
their lengths are determined to fit the required parabolic cylindrical
surface. To verify the feasibility of the design, a scaled prototype of the
deployable antenna is constructed.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b7d686883ec143a1881695035839ff762022-12-22T03:41:58ZengCopernicus PublicationsMechanical Sciences2191-91512191-916X2022-08-011365967310.5194/ms-13-659-2022Design of an origami-based cylindrical deployable mechanismL. Huang0P. Zeng1P. Zeng2L. Yin3J. Huang4School of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, 410114, ChinaSchool of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, 410114, ChinaHunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing Technology for High-performance Mechanical Equipment, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, ChinaSchool of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, 410114, ChinaSchool of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Hunan Agriculture University, Changsha, 410012, China<p>In this paper, an innovative cylindrical deployable mechanism (DM) based on rigid origami is presented, which is used to design a parabolic cylindrical deployable antenna. The mechanism can be deployed from the cuboid folded configuration to the cylindrical unfolded configuration with only one actuator. First, an innovative deployable string is proposed based on different types of four-vertices origami unit cells and kirigami techniques. By considering the units as 6R single-loop mechanisms, the kinematics of the origami unit cells are analyzed. Through the connection of identical deployable strings, the cylindrical DM is constructed, and its mobility is analyzed utilizing the screw theory. Then the proposed DM is used to design a parabolic cylindrical deployable antenna. A number of pillars are installed on the panels of the DM, and their lengths are determined to fit the required parabolic cylindrical surface. To verify the feasibility of the design, a scaled prototype of the deployable antenna is constructed.</p>https://ms.copernicus.org/articles/13/659/2022/ms-13-659-2022.pdf |
| spellingShingle | L. Huang P. Zeng P. Zeng L. Yin J. Huang Design of an origami-based cylindrical deployable mechanism Mechanical Sciences |
| title | Design of an origami-based cylindrical deployable mechanism |
| title_full | Design of an origami-based cylindrical deployable mechanism |
| title_fullStr | Design of an origami-based cylindrical deployable mechanism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design of an origami-based cylindrical deployable mechanism |
| title_short | Design of an origami-based cylindrical deployable mechanism |
| title_sort | design of an origami based cylindrical deployable mechanism |
| url | https://ms.copernicus.org/articles/13/659/2022/ms-13-659-2022.pdf |
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