Origami has emerged as a powerful mechanism for designing functional foldable and
deployable structures. Among various origami patterns, a large class of origami exhibits …

Deployable structures are flexible structures that can transform themselves from a stowed
state to a deployed state with a predetermined configuration upon actuation. Based on …

Abstract Space satellites are increasingly using flexible solar wings. The dynamic behavior
of the flexible solar array in orbit, which is related to the service life, has not been fully …

Origami folding methods are increasingly becoming a vital factor in the advancement of
deployable structures. The present study aims to the folding pattern design and deformation …

Recent developments have shown that spatial structures devised from origami or low-
dimensional rigid linkage mechanisms can be used to construct deployable arrays for …

Scissor structures made of either straight or angulated members have been successfully
used in retractable roofs and other deployable applications. A deployable unit made of three …

Deployable polygonal mechanisms (DGMs) are widely used in various fields; however, their
performance evaluation remains challenging due to limitations in existing indices. To …

With the increasing diversity of spacecraft, the solar wing deployable mechanisms are
gradually develo** to be more lightweight. In this paper, a scissor-type flexible solar wing …

Recently, a scissor mechanism was efficiently applied in the safety engineering field as an
emergency structure owing to the advantages of mobility, transformability, and re-usability …

Due to their unique bistable characteristics, deployable self-locking structures are suitable
for many engineering fields. Without changing the geometrical composition, such structures …