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Method of encoding a 3d shape into a 2d surface

Mark Pauly, Francis Julian Panetta, Mina Konakovic Lukovic
2020
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Abstract

The present invention concerns a method for encoding a given 3D shape into a target 2D linkage. The method comprises: (a) providing an initial 2D surface; and (b) defining on the initial 2D surface an auxetic pattern of geometric elements planarly linked between them to obtain the target 2D linkage, the pattern allowing the target 2D linkage to be virtually stretched. The target 2D linkage has a spatially varying scale factor thereby spatially varying the stretching capability of the 2D linkage.

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Mark Pauly, Francis Julian Panetta, Mina Konakovic Lukovic
2020
Patents

Abstract

Official source

https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/91fac419-e000-49a3-8066-a5178c1a5a5e

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Related concepts (14)

Linkage (mechanical)

A mechanical linkage is an assembly of systems connected to manage forces and movement. The movement of a body, or link, is studied using geometry so the link is considered to be rigid. The connections between links are modeled as providing ideal movement, pure rotation or sliding for example, and are called joints. A linkage modeled as a network of rigid links and ideal joints is called a kinematic chain. Linkages may be constructed from open chains, closed chains, or a combination of open and closed chains.

Four-bar linkage

In the study of mechanisms, a four-bar linkage, also called a four-bar, is the simplest closed-chain movable linkage. It consists of four bodies, called bars or links, connected in a loop by four joints. Generally, the joints are configured so the links move in parallel planes, and the assembly is called a planar four-bar linkage. Spherical and spatial four-bar linkages also exist and are used in practice. Planar four-bar linkages are constructed from four links connected in a loop by four one-degree-of-freedom joints.

Five-bar linkage

In kinematics, a five-bar linkage is a mechanism with two degrees of freedom that is constructed from five links that are connected together in a closed chain. All links are connected to each other by five joints in series forming a loop. One of the links is the ground or base. This configuration is also called a pantograph, however, it is not to be confused with the parallelogram-copying linkage pantograph. The linkage can be a one-degree-of-freedom mechanism if two gears are attached to two links and are meshed together, forming a geared five-bar mechanism.

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