Supporting Information for "Ring Origami: Snap-folding of Rings with Different Geometries"

Abstract

Through experiment and simulation, we study a kind of deployable thin circular ring that can be folded into three small loops. Parametric study is conducted on the ring to study the geometric parameters that can influence ring’s buckling .We also explore the rings with other shapes , such as elliptical rings, rectangular rings. Some applications basing on these studies are shown in this paper.