A Kirigami shape memory polymer honeycomb concept for deployment

Robin M. Neville; Jianguo Chen; Xiaogang Guo; Fenghua Zhang; Wenxin Wang; Yousef Dobah; Fabrizio Scarpa; Jinsong Leng; Hua Xin Peng

doi:10.1088/1361-665X/aa6b6d

A Kirigami shape memory polymer honeycomb concept for deployment

Robin M. Neville, Jianguo Chen, Xiaogang Guo, Fenghua Zhang, Wenxin Wang, Yousef Dobah, Fabrizio Scarpa, Jinsong Leng, Hua Xin Peng

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We present a shape memory polymer (SMP) honeycomb with tuneable and shape morphing mechanical characteristics. Kirigami (Origami with cutting allowed) techniques have been used to design and manufacture the honeycomb. The cellular structure described in this work has styrene SMP hinges that create the shape change and the deployment actuation. To create a large volumetric deployment, the Kirigami open honeycomb configuration has been designed by setting an initial three-dimensional re-entrant auxetic (negative Poisson's ratio) configuration, while the final honeycomb shape assume a convex (positive Poisson's ratio) layout. A model was developed to predict the shape change of the structure, and compared to experimental results from a demonstrator honeycomb deployment test.

Original language	English
Article number	05LT03
Journal	Smart Materials and Structures
Volume	26
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-665X/aa6b6d
Publication status	Published - 19 Apr 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

deployable structures
honeycomb
morphing structures
shape memory polymer

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