We introduce a computational pipeline for simulating and designing C-shells, deployable structures composed of beams with *curved* planar rest shapes.
We present an algorithmic approach to discover, study, and design multistable elastic knots, physical realizations of closed curves embedded in 3-space.
We present a computational inverse design framework for a new class of volumetric deployable structures that have compact rest states and deploy into bending-active 3D target surfaces. *Umbrella meshes* consist of elastic beams, rigid plates, and …
Simulation and inverse design for surface-based inflatables.
Fusing two sheets along parallel curves creates pockets that inflate into tubes and deform into a curved 3D shape; we optimize the fusing curve network to reproduce an input geometry.
We optimize the shapes of *curved* planar laser-cut ribbons that weave into faithful approximations of smooth free-form geometries.
We optimize patterns that, when cut into a flat rubber sheet, produce *bistable* auxetic metamaterials encoding curved target geometries.
Our first-prize-winning pavilion for the IASS 2019 Pavilion Competition.
X-Shells are a new class of deployable structures formed by an ensemble of elastic beams coupled by rotational joints.
We program curved surfaces into flat sheets by optimizing a strain-limited auxetic metamaterial.