Over the past few decades, folding paper has extended beyond the origami deployable applications to reach the engineering field. Nevertheless, mechanical information about paper behavior is still lacking, especially during folding/unfolding. This article proposes an approach to characterize the paper fold behavior in order to extract the material data that will be needed for the simulation of folding and to go a step further the single kinematics of origami mechanisms. The model developed herein from simple experiments for the fold behavior relies on a macroscopic local hinge with a nonlinear torsional spring. Though validated with only straight folds, the model is still applicable in the case of curved folds thanks to the locality principle of the mechanical behavior. The influence of both the folding angle and the fold length is extracted automatically from a set of experimental values exhibiting a deterministic behavior and a variability due to the folding process. The goal is also to propose a methodology that may extend the simple case of the paper crease, or even the case of thin material sheets, and may be adapted to other identification problems.
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April 2016
Research-Article
An Experimental Study and Model Determination of the Mechanical Stiffness of Paper Folds
Clémentine Pradier,
Clémentine Pradier
Department of Mechanical Engineering and
Development (GMD),
INSA-Lyon,
Villeurbanne F-69621, France
Development (GMD),
INSA-Lyon,
Villeurbanne F-69621, France
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Jérôme Cavoret,
Jérôme Cavoret
Université de Lyon,
INSA-Lyon,
CNRS,
LaMCoS UMR5259,
Villeurbanne F-69621, France
INSA-Lyon,
CNRS,
LaMCoS UMR5259,
Villeurbanne F-69621, France
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David Dureisseix,
David Dureisseix
Professor
Université de Lyon,
INSA-Lyon,
CNRS,
LaMCoS UMR5259,
Villeurbanne F-69621, France
e-mail: David.Dureisseix@insa-lyon.fr
Université de Lyon,
INSA-Lyon,
CNRS,
LaMCoS UMR5259,
Villeurbanne F-69621, France
e-mail: David.Dureisseix@insa-lyon.fr
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Claire Jean-Mistral,
Claire Jean-Mistral
Associate Professor
Université de Lyon,
INSA-Lyon,
CNRS,
LaMCoS UMR5259,
Villeurbanne F-69621, France
Université de Lyon,
INSA-Lyon,
CNRS,
LaMCoS UMR5259,
Villeurbanne F-69621, France
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Fabrice Ville
Fabrice Ville
Professor
Université de Lyon,
INSA-Lyon,
CNRS,
LaMCoS UMR5259,
Villeurbanne F-69621, France
Université de Lyon,
INSA-Lyon,
CNRS,
LaMCoS UMR5259,
Villeurbanne F-69621, France
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Clémentine Pradier
Department of Mechanical Engineering and
Development (GMD),
INSA-Lyon,
Villeurbanne F-69621, France
Development (GMD),
INSA-Lyon,
Villeurbanne F-69621, France
Jérôme Cavoret
Université de Lyon,
INSA-Lyon,
CNRS,
LaMCoS UMR5259,
Villeurbanne F-69621, France
INSA-Lyon,
CNRS,
LaMCoS UMR5259,
Villeurbanne F-69621, France
David Dureisseix
Professor
Université de Lyon,
INSA-Lyon,
CNRS,
LaMCoS UMR5259,
Villeurbanne F-69621, France
e-mail: David.Dureisseix@insa-lyon.fr
Université de Lyon,
INSA-Lyon,
CNRS,
LaMCoS UMR5259,
Villeurbanne F-69621, France
e-mail: David.Dureisseix@insa-lyon.fr
Claire Jean-Mistral
Associate Professor
Université de Lyon,
INSA-Lyon,
CNRS,
LaMCoS UMR5259,
Villeurbanne F-69621, France
Université de Lyon,
INSA-Lyon,
CNRS,
LaMCoS UMR5259,
Villeurbanne F-69621, France
Fabrice Ville
Professor
Université de Lyon,
INSA-Lyon,
CNRS,
LaMCoS UMR5259,
Villeurbanne F-69621, France
Université de Lyon,
INSA-Lyon,
CNRS,
LaMCoS UMR5259,
Villeurbanne F-69621, France
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Contributed by the Design Automation Committee of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN. Manuscript received April 3, 2015; final manuscript received January 24, 2016; published online February 19, 2016. Assoc. Editor: James K. Guest.
J. Mech. Des. Apr 2016, 138(4): 041401 (7 pages)
Published Online: February 19, 2016
Article history
Received:
April 3, 2015
Revised:
January 24, 2016
Citation
Pradier, C., Cavoret, J., Dureisseix, D., Jean-Mistral, C., and Ville, F. (February 19, 2016). "An Experimental Study and Model Determination of the Mechanical Stiffness of Paper Folds." ASME. J. Mech. Des. April 2016; 138(4): 041401. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4032629
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