- 著者
- M. C. NATORI Hiraku SAKAMOTO Nobuhisa KATSUMATA Hiroshi YAMAKAWA Naoko KISHIMOTO
- 出版者
- 一般社団法人日本機械学会
- 雑誌
- Mechanical Engineering Reviews (ISSN:21879753)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.2, no.1, pp.14-00368-14-00368, 2015 (Released:2015-01-01)
- 参考文献数
- 25
- 被引用文献数
- 16
This paper discusses what has been found and what will be found using conceptual “origami” models to develop deployable space structures. The study covers the following: (i) one-dimensional structural elements, which are axially buckled inflatable tubes; (ii) two-dimensional elements, which are deployable membranes, such as solar arrays and solar sails; and (iii) deployable elements in nature. The study clarifies what design considerations are necessary to adapt the basic concepts to actual space structural hardware, and several limitations of origami models are discussed. Regarding the last subject, this study envisions future space structures using conceptual origami models that imitate three-dimensional deployable structures in nature, such as flowers and insect wings.