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Solving the continuous folding problems of polyhedral figures under rigidity conditions

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K03726
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 12030:Basic mathematics-related
Research InstitutionMeiji University

Principal Investigator

Nara Chie  明治大学, 研究・知財戦略機構(中野), 研究推進員(客員研究員) (40147898)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 伊藤 仁一  椙山女学園大学, 教育学部, 教授 (20193493)
Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywords多面体 / 折りたたみ / 移動折り目 / 連続的平坦化 / 剛性折り / 高次元正多面体 / 星形正多面体 / ひし形の翼折り / 星型正多面体 / 剛性 / 高次元の正多面体 / コーシーの剛性定理 / 平坦折りたたみ / 正多面体 / 正多胞体 / リンケージ / 2次元スケルトン / 連続的折りたたみ / 折り畳み / 連続的変形
Outline of Research at the Start

「与えられた剛性条件を満足するように,多面体を連続的に平坦に折り畳む方法を求めよ」という問題を解決する。
2001年にドメインらによって考案された「紙のように折り目で折れる素材でできた多面体を,伸縮や切断をせずに,連続的に平坦化せよ」という問題について,筆者は,離散幾何学の知識をベースに直近10年以上この問題に取り組み,他の研究者らと共に3種類の方法を見出して,一部の多面体について解決した。
そこで,多面体に剛性条件を付加して,連続的に平坦化する問題に取り組み,折り畳みに必要な数理的条件を明確化する。これらの成果は折り畳み式製品開発への貢献が期待される。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

① It is important to develop foldable (collapsible) products that can be opened and closed smoothly and for which manufacturing processes are simple. From these points of view, we have worked on the problem of continuously flattening the surfaces of polyhedra without cutting or stretching. We have found methods to do so for all polyhedra except for some special cases. Combining some methods, we have also solved the problem for the special case of regular star-polyhedra.
② We have given the best possible numbers of rigid faces (or edges) in the continuous flattening of some regular polyhedra. These results will be useful for designing foldable products and temporary house units at the time of disaster.
③ Extending the continuous flattening problem for 3-dimensional polyhedra, we proposed two approaches for higher dimensional polyhedra. Almost half of regular polyhedra have been solved in both cases.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

多面体の剛性に関する問いに対して,コーシーによる凸多面体の剛性定理(1813年)はより一般の多面体の研究や平坦化の動きに関する研究,あるいは高次元化へと発展している。多面体を切り込みや伸縮なしで平坦化するためには,どれかの面の形を折り目によって変形し続ける必要がある。このような折り目の動きや占める領域を求めることが問われるようになった。3次元のみでなく高次元の多面体の連続的平坦化の問題にも取り組み,折り目の入らない(剛性)面や辺に注目して,具体的な折りたたみの方法とともに連続的平坦化のプロセスを提示した。折りたたみ式防災用帽子の過去の例と同様に,折りたたみ式製品開発への応用が期待できる。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (45 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020

All Journal Article (17 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Peer Reviewed: 17 results,  Open Access: 5 results) Presentation (28 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 8 results,  Invited: 9 results)

  • [Journal Article] Continuous folding of the surface of a regular simplex onto its facet2024

    • Author(s)
      Chie Nara, Jin-ichi Itoh
    • Journal Title

      Bull. Math. Soc. Sci. Math. Roumanie

      Volume: 67(115) Pages: 253-264

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Continuous Flattening of the Surfaces of Regular Star-Polyhedra2024

    • Author(s)
      Chie Nara
    • Journal Title

      The proceedings of 8OSME

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Continuous flattening of quadrangular prisms with all edges rigid except one.2024

    • Author(s)
      Kazuki Matsubara, Chie Nara
    • Journal Title

      The proceedings of 8OSME

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 書評「折紙工学入門 ―ものづくりの架け橋―」2024

    • Author(s)
      奈良 知惠
    • Journal Title

      シミュレーション

      Volume: 43 Pages: 61-61

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Quasi-twisting convex polyhedra2022

    • Author(s)
      Thomas Hull, Anna Lebiw, Klara Mundilova, Chie Nara, Joseph O’Rourke, Josef Tkadlec, Ryuhei Uehara
    • Journal Title

      the proceedings of the 34th Canadean Conference on Computational Geometry (CCCG2022)

      Volume: Paper-38

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Characteristic Analysis of Two Pairing Origami Polyhedrons and Their Application to Beverage Containers2022

    • Author(s)
      Aya Abe, Ichiro Hagiwara, Yang Yang, Chie Nara
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Applications (IJMEA)

      Volume: 10 Pages: 144-159

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Development of new foldable polyethylene terephthalate bottles2022

    • Author(s)
      Hagiwara Ichiro、Nara Chie、Yang Yang
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Advanced Simulation in Science and Engineering

      Volume: 9 Issue: 2 Pages: 247-262

    • DOI

      10.15748/jasse.9.247

    • ISSN
      2188-5303
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Continuous folding of the surface of a hypercube onto its facet2022

    • Author(s)
      Chie Nara, Jin-ichi Itoh
    • Journal Title

      The abstracts of the 24th Japan conference on discrete and computational geometry, graphs, and games (JCDCGGG 2022)

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Maximum numbers of rigid faces and edges in continuous folding of polyhedra2022

    • Author(s)
      Kazuki Matsuobara, Chie Nara
    • Journal Title

      The abstracts of the 24th Japan conference on discrete and computational geometry, graphs, and games (JCDCGGG 2022)

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Continuously flattening of all polyhedral manifolds using countably infinite creases2021

    • Author(s)
      Z. Abel, E. Demaine, M. Demaine, J. Ku, J. Lynch, J. Itoh, C. Nara
    • Journal Title

      Comput. Geometry: Theory and Appl.

      Volume: 98 Pages: 101773-101773

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.comgeo.2021.101773

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The maximum numbers of the rigid faces and edges in continuous flattening processes of a polyhedron2021

    • Author(s)
      Kazuki Matsubara, Chie Nara
    • Journal Title

      Extended abstracts of TJCDCGGG2020+

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 正24胞体とオクタバグ2021

    • Author(s)
      奈良知惠
    • Journal Title

      数学セミナー

      Volume: 60 Pages: 44-48

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Continuous flattening of the 2-dimensional skeleton of a regular 24-cell2021

    • Author(s)
      Itoh Jin-ichi、Nara Chie
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geometry

      Volume: 112 Issue: 1

    • DOI

      10.1007/s00022-021-00575-6

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Flat Folding a Strip with Parallel or Nonacute Zigzag Creases with Mountain-Valley Assignment2020

    • Author(s)
      Demaine Erik D.、Demaine Martin L.、Ito Hiro、Nara Chie、Shirahama Izumi、Tachi Tomohiro、Tomura Mizuho
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Information Processing

      Volume: 28 Issue: 0 Pages: 825-833

    • DOI

      10.2197/ipsjjip.28.825

    • NAID

      130007956335

    • ISSN
      1882-6652
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Continuous Flattening of Multi-layered Pyramids with Rigid Radial Edges2020

    • Author(s)
      Matsubara Kazuki、Nara Chie
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Information Processing

      Volume: 28 Issue: 0 Pages: 834-840

    • DOI

      10.2197/ipsjjip.28.834

    • NAID

      130007956352

    • ISSN
      1882-6652
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Continuous Flattening of the 2-Dimensional Skeleton of the Square Faces in a Hypercube2020

    • Author(s)
      Itoh Jin-ichi、Nara Chie
    • Journal Title

      Graphs and Combinatorics

      Volume: 36 Issue: 2 Pages: 331-338

    • DOI

      10.1007/s00373-019-02100-8

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Internal Continuous Flattening of Polyhedra2020

    • Author(s)
      Matsubara Kazuki、Nara Chie
    • Journal Title

      Graphs and Combinatorics

      Volume: 36 Issue: 2 Pages: 359-370

    • DOI

      10.1007/s00373-019-02104-4

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 正四面体の連続的平坦折りたたみを読み解く2024

    • Author(s)
      奈良知惠
    • Organizer
      MIMS現象数理学拠点共同研究集会「折紙を基盤とするアート・数理および工学への応用研究Ⅳ」
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 大12面体の表面の連続的平坦折りたたみ2023

    • Author(s)
      奈良知惠
    • Organizer
      第34回折り紙の科学・数学・教育研究集会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 星型正多面体の連続的平坦折りたたみ2023

    • Author(s)
      奈良知惠
    • Organizer
      剛性理論と避難計画のワークショップ
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Continuous folding of the surface of a regular simplex onto its facet2023

    • Author(s)
      Chie Nara
    • Organizer
      IJCDCGGG 2023
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Development of beautifully foldable PET bottles2023

    • Author(s)
      Yang Yang, Chie Nara, Ichiro Hagiwara
    • Organizer
      ICIAM 2023
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Geometrical Comparison of Two kinds of Pairing Origami Polyhedron and Their Application to Beverage Containers2023

    • Author(s)
      Aya Abe, Yang Yang, Chie Nara, Ichiro Hagiwara
    • Organizer
      ICIAM 2023
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 折り紙から折紙工学へ2023

    • Author(s)
      奈良知惠
    • Organizer
      日本表面真空学会中部支部主催市民講座「やさしい表面と真空の科学」
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 折り紙の科学に数学でチャレンジ2023

    • Author(s)
      奈良知惠
    • Organizer
      数学の魅力#9-女子中高生のために- 東京大学数理科学研究科
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Quasi-twisting convex polyhedra2022

    • Author(s)
      Thomas Hull, Anna Lebiw, Klara Mundilova, Chie Nara, Joseph O’Rourke, Josef Tkadlec, Ryuhei Uehara
    • Organizer
      The 34th Canadean Conference on Computational Geometry (CCCG2022)
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Continuous folding of the surface of a hypercube onto its facet2022

    • Author(s)
      Chie Nara, Jin-ichi Itoh
    • Organizer
      Tthe 24th Japan conference on discrete and computational geometry, graphs, and games (JCDCGGG 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The maximum numbers of the rigid faces and edges in continuous flattening processes of a polyhedron2022

    • Author(s)
      Kazuki Matsubara, Chie Nara
    • Organizer
      Tthe 24th Japan conference on discrete and computational geometry, graphs, and games (JCDCGGG 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 多面体的多様体の連続的平坦化2022

    • Author(s)
      奈良知惠,伊藤仁一,Erik Demaine
    • Organizer
      2022年度日本数学会秋季総合分科会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 五芒星の底面をもつピラミッドとその展開図2022

    • Author(s)
      奈良知惠,土居大輔
    • Organizer
      第32回折り紙の科学・数学・教育研究集会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 超立方体の連続的折り畳みとひし形の翼折り2022

    • Author(s)
      奈良知惠
    • Organizer
      MIMS現象数理学拠点共同研究集会「折紙を基盤とするアート・数理および工学への応用研究Ⅲ」
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 剛性条件を付与した多面体の連続的平坦折り問題2022

    • Author(s)
      6)奈良知惠,松原和樹
    • Organizer
      日本応用数理学会連合研究発表会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Continuous flattening of multi-layered pyramids with rigid radial edges2022

    • Author(s)
      7)松原和樹, 奈良知惠
    • Organizer
      日本数学会 年会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Resent results in Continuous Flattening Problems of Polyhedra2021

    • Author(s)
      Chie Nara
    • Organizer
      Institut Teknologi Bandung, Combinatorics Today Series
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The maximum numbers of the rigid faces and edges in continuous flattening processes of a polyhedron2021

    • Author(s)
      Kazuki Matsubara, Chie Nara
    • Organizer
      TJCDCGGG2020+
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 正24胞体の2次元スケルトンの連続的平坦化2021

    • Author(s)
      奈良知惠,伊藤仁一
    • Organizer
      日本数学会2021年度秋季総合分科会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 切頂八面体のスポンジ膜:基本展開図のタイリングと変形構造2021

    • Author(s)
      奈良知惠,小林祐貴,桐原靖也
    • Organizer
      日本応用数理学会2021年度年会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 正24胞体の折りたたみとオクタバグ2021

    • Author(s)
      奈良知惠
    • Organizer
      文科省共同研究拠点MIMS現象数理学拠点共同研究集会「折紙を基盤とするアート・数理および工学への応用研究」
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 正四面体の表面の折り畳みと四次元折り紙2021

    • Author(s)
      奈良知惠
    • Organizer
      日本応用数理学会連合研究発表会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 折紙工学の数理:バックミンスター・フラーのジターバグ2021

    • Author(s)
      奈良知惠
    • Organizer
      MIMS現象数理学拠点共同研究集会「折紙構造・折紙式プリンター・扇構造の工学的芸術的アプローチ」
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 空き箱やペットボトルを平らに折りたたむには?2021

    • Author(s)
      奈良知惠
    • Organizer
      明治大学ブランディング事業第5回公開シンポジウム「身の回りの?を数理の目で解き明かす」
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 正16胞体の2次元スケルトン:連続的平坦折りたたみと面の重ね順2021

    • Author(s)
      奈良知惠
    • Organizer
      研究会「直観幾何学2021」
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 正二十四胞体からできる多重正八面体2020

    • Author(s)
      奈良知惠,伊藤仁一
    • Organizer
      日本応用数理学会年会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 正八面体による連続的平坦折りたたみ問題2020

    • Author(s)
      奈良知惠
    • Organizer
      MIMS現象数理学拠点共同研究集会「折紙を基盤とするアート・数理および工学への応用研究」
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 正八面体ハニカムの連続的平坦折りたたみ2020

    • Author(s)
      奈良知惠
    • Organizer
      日本折紙学会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report

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