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Engineering >> 2022, Volume 12, Issue 5 doi: 10.1016/j.eng.2021.06.028

Origami-Based Design for 4D Printing of 3D Support-Free Hollow Structures

a Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne UMR 6303, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique & Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Belfort 90400, France
b George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, United States
c Laboratoire Réactions et Génie des Procédés UMR 7274, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique–Université de Lorraine, Nancy 54001, France

Received: 2020-07-15 Revised: 2021-06-10 Accepted: 2021-06-21 Available online: 2022-01-12

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Abstract

The integration of additive manufacturing (AM) in design and engineering has prompted a wide spectrum of research efforts, involving topologically optimized solid/lattice structures, multimaterial structures, bioinspired organic structures, and multiscale structures, to name a few. However, except for obvious cases, very little attention has been given to the design and printing of more complex three-dimensional (3D) hollow structures or folded/creased structures. One of the main reasons is that such complex open or closed 3D cavities and regular/freeform folds generally lead to printing difficulties from support-structure-related issues. To address this barrier, this paper aims to investigate four-dimensional (4D) printing as well as origami-based design as an original research direction to design and build 3D support-free hollow structures. This work consists of describing the rough 3D hollow structures in terms of two-dimensional (2D) printed origami precursor layouts without any support structure. Such origami-based definitions are then embodied with folding functions that can be actuated and fulfilled by 3D printed smart materials. The desired 3D shape is then built once an external stimulus is applied to the active materials, therefore ensuring the transformation of the 2D origami layout to 3D structures. To demonstrate the relevance of the proposal, some illustrative cases are introduced.

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