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(2015) Advances in architectural geometry 2014, Dordrecht, Springer.
The Miura fold pattern, or the Miura-ori, is a flat-foldable origami tessellation with a wide range of engineering applications. In particular, the Miura-ori has been applied to the folding of deployable structures for various architectural applications, e.g. folding roofs and shelters. In recent years, researchers have proposed variations on the Miura-ori which change both geometry and functionality of the pattern.We introduce a framework for the symmetric generalisation of the Miura-ori. We study the Miura crease pattern as a "pmg" wallpaper pattern. We reduce the symmetry of the Miura-ori to obtain new patterns while preserving the flat-foldability condition at each node. We conclude that we are able to use the Miura-ori to systematically design a variety of novel patterns, through appropriate design variations on the original pattern.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-11418-7_15
Full citation:
Sareh, P. , Guest, S. D. (2015)., Designing symmetric derivatives of the miura-ori, in P. Block, J. Knippers & W. Wang (eds.), Advances in architectural geometry 2014, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 233-241.
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