Kresling origami derived structures and inspired mechanical metamaterial

Abstract

Origami has attracted more and more attention due to its exotic mechanical properties, and the inspired metamaterials are also popular. However, the main focus of current research is on existing origami patterns and properties, although new origami patterns or results that expand on existing origami patterns are gradually emerging. In this paper, we summarize a series of derived structures of the Kresling origami, demonstrating more stable states and richer structural forms. At the same time, a point-searching method is proposed along the ideas of the truss model, which is effective for irregular stable states of these derived structures. On this basis, we create an origami-inspired mechanical metamaterial with foldable property and high load-bearing capacity, fabricate the prototype, and validate its performance through experiments. These works make important contributions for promoting the Kresling origami and origami-inspired metamaterials.