In this letter, Wo, inspired by the properties of bendy straws, investigates the properties of a novel type of origami structure, an expanding tube based on the Kresling pattern. Wo presents the parameterized design of these tube, which have different properties based on parameter selection. The key contributions of this paper are:
- The definition of these corrugated tubes based on a few parameters, such as panel dimension and angles between them
- The parametric study of the tubes strength and other structural properties
- The discussion of use cases for the more easily manufactured expanding tube