The ancient arts of paper folding and cutting-origami and kirigami-have long captivated both artists and engineers.Today,these techniques are inspiring the creation of adaptive structures and innovative metamaterials ...The ancient arts of paper folding and cutting-origami and kirigami-have long captivated both artists and engineers.Today,these techniques are inspiring the creation of adaptive structures and innovative metamaterials that challenge conventional mechanical paradigms.Whereas early research in origami/kirigami primarily addressed design principles and folding kinematics to achieve vast shape transformations,breakthroughs since the 2010s have unlocked new avenues in folding-and cutting-induced mechanics.By harnessing folding-induced deformations and leveraging strong geometric nonlinearities,researchers now realize exceptional mechanical properties such as auxetic behavior,high reconfigurability,programmable stiffness,impact absorption,and bistability or multi-stability.展开更多
文摘The ancient arts of paper folding and cutting-origami and kirigami-have long captivated both artists and engineers.Today,these techniques are inspiring the creation of adaptive structures and innovative metamaterials that challenge conventional mechanical paradigms.Whereas early research in origami/kirigami primarily addressed design principles and folding kinematics to achieve vast shape transformations,breakthroughs since the 2010s have unlocked new avenues in folding-and cutting-induced mechanics.By harnessing folding-induced deformations and leveraging strong geometric nonlinearities,researchers now realize exceptional mechanical properties such as auxetic behavior,high reconfigurability,programmable stiffness,impact absorption,and bistability or multi-stability.
