In contrast to traditional origami with straight creases, in curved-crease origami, folding leads to panel bending. Thus, curved-crease origami could potentially produce stiffer, tunable, structures with fewer folds. Yet, the mechanics and deformations of curved-crease origami are not well-understood. We study these mechanics through the lens of the bistable waterbomb base.

J. Flores, L. Stein-Montalvo, and S. Adriaenssens. Effect of crease curvature on the bistability of the origami waterbomb base. Extreme Mechanics Letters 57, 101909 (2022) Front cover. doi: 10.1016/j.eml.2022.101909

L. Stein-Montalvo and S. Adriaenssens. Panel deformation regimes of the origami waterbomb base with curved creases. In prep.