The Kresling origami spring: a review and assessment

Abstract

Structures inspired by the Kresling origami pattern have recently emerged as a foundation for building functional engineering
systems with versatile characteristics that target niche applications spanning different technological fields. Their light weight,
deployability, modularity, and customizability are a few of the key characteristics that continue to drive their implementation
in robotics, aerospace structures, metamaterial and sensor design, switching, actuation, energy harvesting and absorption,
and wireless communications, among many other examples. This work aims to perform a systematic review of the literature
to assess the potential of the Kresling origami springs as a structural component for engineering design keeping three
objectives in mind: i) facilitating future research by summarizing and categorizing the current literature, ii) identifying the current
shortcomings and voids, and iii) proposing directions for future research to fill those voids.

Rotating coupling of chiral identical twins in multimodal Kresling metamaterials for achieving ultra-high energy absorption

“…Shape memory effect (SME) can be applied to create a smart Origami metamaterial with controllable compression twist deformation, shape programming and self-expansion, as reported in [29]. The structural deformation leads to a new spatial configuration with the limited locking upon facets contact-folded state, which is more robust under the SME due to its remodeling of the mechanical performances.…”

“…A large number of Origamiinspired metamaterials have been developed for usages from those of daily essentials to aerospace components, including umbrellas [14,15], solar panels [16,17], flexible electronics [18][19][20], and vibration isolation devices [21][22][23]. Among these Origami metamaterials, Kresling ones have recently attracted much attention for their interesting deployment dynamics, special mechanical properties [24][25][26][27][28], and high energy absorption capabilities [29]. For example, using array, mirror and hybrid series, Tao et al [30] developed Origami metamaterials to achieve multi-level continuous adjustment of properties under a steady-state effect.…”

“…However, most studies on Kresling-inspired metamaterials have been focused on repeatedly stacking units via out-of-plane series connection [34][35][36][37][38][39]. Few research has been done on those via the in-plane expansion mode, and most of these internal units were commonly arranged separately without considering their interactions [29,40]. These traditional combination methods severely limit their wide-range applications.…”