Volume-Efficient Miura-ori (VEMO) with windows
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The Volume-Efficient Miura-ori method was developed as framework for ultra-compact deployable reflectarray antennas for CubeSats. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352431622001663 The method modifies the Miura-ori pattern by introducing degree-6 vertices at the minor ends. This results in parallelogram unit cells through the body of the array, and three-quarter and quarter cells at the minor ends of the array. For thickness accommodation, the offset-panel hinge-shift technique is applied to the unit cells and the hinge-shift technique to the three-quarter and quarter cells (see link below). https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/appliedmechanicsreviews/article/70/1/010805/443701/A-Review-of-Thickness-Accommodation-Techniques-in A similar design with electromagnetic simulations can be found at the link below. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9886378 This particular design is a 5-by-3 VEMO with a structural thickness of 6.4 mm (just over 1/4 in) and accommodates for 0.15mm-thick membrane hinges.
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