Introduction: Origami Ballistic Barrier Paper Model

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About: The BYU Compliant Mechanisms Research Group (CMR) involves students and faculty who strive to make an impact by creating compliant mechanism theories and applications that are novel, used by others, and make a…

Would you believe that origami can stop bullets? The origami above does just that!

Why origami?

· Allows barrier to quickly deploy to complex shape

· Allows barrier to be compactly stored

· Allows for barrier to be manufactured flat

· For more advantages of origami in engineering, see our website: cmr.byu.edu

This Instructable will help you create your own paper barrier.

In the real barrier, the panels needed to be made of thick bullet-proof material so a variety of thick-folding techniques were used.


Technical Information:

For in-depth technical information, see the following publications:

Seymour, Kenny, et al. "Origami-Based Deployable Ballistic Barrier." Proceedings of the 7th International Meeting on Origami in Science, Mathematics and Education, 2018.

Seymour, K., Burrow, D., Avila, A., Bateman, T., Morgan, D.C., Magleby, S.P., Howell, L.L., “Origami-Based Deployable Ballistic Barrier” Origami7, Vol. 3, pp. 763-778, Proceedings of the 7th International Meeting on Origami in Science, Mathematics and Education, Oxford, UK, Sept 5-7, 2018

To learn more about compliant mechanisms in general, see the BYU Compliant Mechanisms Research (CMR) website or these books: Compliant Mechanisms, Handbook of Compliant Mechanisms


Intellectual Property

The downloadable pattern provided here may be used, modified, and enjoyed for noncommercial use. To license this technology for commercial applications, contact:

BYU Technology Transfer Office

3760 Harold B. Lee Library

Brigham Young University

Provo, UT 84602

Phone: (801) 422-6266

https://techtransfer.byu.edu/contact

Attachments

Supplies

Printer

Scissors

Barrier Pattern

Step 1: Print

Print or copy the fold pattern onto a piece of paper. The base pattern is a modified Yoshimura crease pattern.

Step 2: Cut Out

Cut along the bolded outer edges of the square pattern.

Step 3: Crease the Pattern

Follow the guidelines on the sheet. All the dashed lines are folded one direction, all the solid lines are folded the other direction.

Step 4: Collapse the Pattern

Collapse each layer of the pattern from the top to the bottom. The edges should rotate inward as the pattern folds flat.