Author(s): |
Tim Watson
Keith A. Seffen |
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Medium: | conference paper |
Language(s): | English |
Conference: | Interfaces: Architecture, Engineering, Science, Annual Meeting of the International Association of Shell & Spatial Structures (IASS), Hamburg, 25-27 September 2017 |
Published in: | Interfaces: Architecture . Engineering . Science |
Year: | 2017 |
Abstract: | Inspired by papercraft, we introduce a family of rotationally symmetric ‘sliceform' structures assembled by slotting together planar slices in a regular symmetrical pattern. These structures exhibit a surprising deployable-locking characteristic which we show to be a compliant transformation. |