Feasibility of the Universal Scissor Component (USC): Building a Full-scale Deployable Dome

Niels De Temmerman; Lara Alegria Mira; Aline Vergauwen

Feasibility of the Universal Scissor Component (USC): Building a Full-scale Deployable Dome

Niels De Temmerman, Lara Alegria Mira, Aline Vergauwen

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Abstract

A new multi-configurational Universal Scissor Component (USC) is developed for designing scissor
structures in a generic way: the USC is used as a uniform 'building block' for a variety of configurations.
The structures can be disassembled and the USC can then be reconfigured, enabling re-use (cfr. a kit-ofparts
system), while the component's uniformity favours mass-production, implying a cost benefit. Moreover,
the diversity in possible structural forms invites multiple uses. This paper applies the novel USC concept to a
full-scale deployable dome, which was built during the workshop of the Transformable Structures Study
Group at the 7th International Seminar of the Structural Morphology Group (SMG - WG 15 of IASS) in
September 2011. The aim of the prototype is to investigate the practical feasibility of the USC concept in
terms of manufacturing, assembly and deployment process.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	227-236
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures
Volume	53
Issue number	Structural Morphology
Publication status	Published - Dec 2012

Keywords

Deployable structures
scissor structures
Universal Scissor Component
geometric design
structural analysis
manufacturing and assembly
prototyping
icosahedron dome

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