Sandwich panels with an origami core are increasingly being used in engineering applications due to their high strength-to-weight ratio, low material consumption and consequently lower costs. In this thesis, we used higher density paper to design various panels with a Miura patterned folded core, which is known for its rigidity and compactness. For each version of the sandwich panel, we changed the geometry of the Miura pattern unit cell and its direction regarding to stress. We conducted an experimental analysis of rigidity using three-point bending and compression tests on these samples. We found that sandwich panels with a denser core pattern have the highest bending and compression rigidity and we explored different ways of deformation for each core shape.
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