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Rapid Deployment of Curved Surfaces via Programmable Auxetics

Konakovic-Lukovic, Mina
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Panetta, Julian  
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Crane, Keenan
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August 1, 2018
Acm Transactions On Graphics

Deployable structures are physical mechanisms that can easily transition between two or more geometric configurations; such structures enable industrial, scientific, and consumer applications at a wide variety of scales. This paper develops novel deployable structures that can approximate a large class of doubly-curved surfaces and are easily actuated from a flat initial state via inflation or gravitational loading. The structures are based on two-dimensional rigid mechanical linkages that implicitly encode the curvature of the target shape via a user-programmable pattern that permits locally isotropic scaling under load. We explicitly characterize the shapes that can be realized by such structures-in particular, we show that they can approximate target surfaces of positive mean curvature and bounded scale distortion relative to a given reference domain. Based on this observation, we develop efficient computational design algorithms for approximating a given input geometry. The resulting designs can be rapidly manufactured via digital fabrication technologies such as laser cutting, CNC milling, or 3D printing. We validate our approach through a series of physical prototypes and present several application case studies, ranging from surgical implants to large-scale deployable architecture.

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DOI
10.1145/3197517.3201373
Web of Science ID

WOS:000448185000067

Author(s)
Konakovic-Lukovic, Mina
Panetta, Julian  
Crane, Keenan
Pauly, Mark  
Date Issued

2018-08-01

Published in
Acm Transactions On Graphics
Volume

37

Issue

4

Start page

106

Subjects

Computer Science, Software Engineering

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Computer Science

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computational fabrication

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smart materials

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digital fabrication

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auxetic materials

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conformal geometry

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patterns

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design

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meshes

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbQaUgX5css
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REVIEWED

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December 13, 2018
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