Chinese physicists figured out how to assemble an origami water bomb
A group of Chinese physicists from Tianjin University managed to lay down origami in the form of a tubular water bomb. To create its structure, they conducted a study.
The mechanical properties of materials depend on the technology of their folding. To program and fine-tune them, you first need to develop a theoretical model that characterizes the unique folding technology, says in a study published in the journal SPJ Research.
A study by Chinese scientists allows us to present a theoretical model showing what happens during the radial folding of a structure. In fact, it helped to understand what happens during the explosion of a water bomb.
Recently, researchers around the world are trying to apply origami folding strategies to mechanical structures, as this can allow them to quickly and efficiently change their shape. The main advantage of origami is that its strategies can work regardless of the size and composition of the material being folded.
“Using this approach, we first introduced the mechanism-structure-mechanism transition during folding of a tubular water bomb and explained the sharp change in its structural rigidity during transitions. More importantly, the theoretical model we developed allowed us to program the origami folding behavior to simulate a water bomb,” the scientists explain.
Previously, scientists from the University of Binghamton developed metal, which is capable of mutating, as is the case in the movie Terminator 2. The created metal mesh can be transformed into anything.
The mechanical properties of materials depend on the technology of their folding. To program and fine-tune them, you first need to develop a theoretical model that characterizes the unique folding technology, says in a study published in the journal SPJ Research.
A study by Chinese scientists allows us to present a theoretical model showing what happens during the radial folding of a structure. In fact, it helped to understand what happens during the explosion of a water bomb.
Recently, researchers around the world are trying to apply origami folding strategies to mechanical structures, as this can allow them to quickly and efficiently change their shape. The main advantage of origami is that its strategies can work regardless of the size and composition of the material being folded.
“Using this approach, we first introduced the mechanism-structure-mechanism transition during folding of a tubular water bomb and explained the sharp change in its structural rigidity during transitions. More importantly, the theoretical model we developed allowed us to program the origami folding behavior to simulate a water bomb,” the scientists explain.
Previously, scientists from the University of Binghamton developed metal, which is capable of mutating, as is the case in the movie Terminator 2. The created metal mesh can be transformed into anything.
