Abstract: Technologies for making self-erecting structures are described herein. An
exemplary self-erecting structure comprises a plurality of shape-memory
members that connect two or more hub components. When forces are applied
to the self-erecting structure, the shape-memory members can deform, and
when the forces are removed the shape-memory members can return to their
original pre-deformation shape, allowing the self-erecting structure to
return to its own original shape under its own power. A shape of the
self-erecting structure depends on a spatial orientation of the hub
components, and a relative orientation of the shape-memory members, which
in turn depends on an orientation of joining of the shape-memory members
with the hub components. |
Filed: 5/16/2016 |
Application Number: 15/156132 |
This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |
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