An Overview of Mechanisms and Patterns with Origami

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• Title: An Overview of Mechanisms and Patterns with Origami
• URL: https://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/IRCC-Webpage/Circular/B-55_Dec2016.pdf

• David Dureisseix. An Overview of Mechanisms and Patterns with Origami. International Journal of Space Structures, 2012, 27 (1), pp.1-14. ff10.1260/0266-3511.27.1.1ff. ffhal-00687311f

Key Words: Geometry, Tessellation, Paperfolding, Crease Pattern, Foldability, Deployability

Introduction

• Origami (from Japanese oru, to fold and kami, paper), is the ancient art of paperfolding.
• Once folded, the origami constitutes a developable surface that can be unfolded as a flat plane (it is isometric to a planar surface).
• In this article, we intend to present some overview of origami and origami-like structures and patterns, related to geometry
• Some origami models are strongly related to Euclidean geometry since the original material is a flat surface, and the folding steps may reproduce straightedge-and-compass constructions

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