Development of a Deployable Geodesic Full Sphere

• Autores: Ken'ichi Kawaguchi, Takuto Sato, Xue Yang, Namil Seo
• Localización: Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, ISSN-e 1996-9015, ISSN 1028-365X, Vol. 60, Nº. 1, 2019 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Special Issue on Transformables: Deployable Structures and Rapidly Assembled Systems), págs. 35-46
• Idioma: inglés
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  • A study was made of a deployable geodesic full sphere of human size, which may be used as a skeleton for personal shelter, assembled with triangular grids of scissor units. A geodesic pattern provides structural uniformity and triangular grids give geometrical stability to the deployed configuration. The design processes of two models (PET and CFRP material) and their unfolding tests are shown, alongside a comparison with numerical studies. A oneman unfolding scheme is also investigated.