(Soft Matter cover): Programming stiff inflatable shells from planar patterned fabrics (2020)

Emmanuel Siéfert, Etienne Reyssat, José Bico and Benoît Roman

Origami-inspired design of Gaussian morphing fabrics structures. Superimposed flat and inextensible fabric sheets are heat-sealed along a specific pattern of lines. Upon inflation, this network of tubular cavities deploys into a large, stiff and light shell, with a programmed shape.

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Soft Matter, 2020,16, 7898-7903
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SM01041C