A preliminary investigation for origami-inspired reconfigurable structure design by 4D printing
Bingcong Jian  1@  , Germain Sossou  1  , Frédéric Demoly  1  , Yicha Zhang  1  , Samuel Gomes  1  
1 : ICB UMR 6303, CNRS
Laboratory ICB-UMR 6303-CNRS, UBFC-UTBM, (University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard)

This paper presents a preliminary investigation on 4D printed reconfigurable 3D structures. Origami structure and folding mechanism is adopted to help define 2D topology of 3D transformable structures. A special resin hinge is designed and printed to realize the folding function of origami creases. An experimental case study is presented to show the design and implementation of a reconfigurable 3D structures via 4D printing. The investigation shows that, with advanced design and modelling tools, 4D printing has a great potential to fabricate complex 3D transformable structures for different application domains via the use of smart materials.



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