Accordion shelters: A historical review of origami-like deployable shelters developed by the US military

Engineering Structures

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 686-692

  Thrall, A P ^a   Quaglia, C P ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Deployable; Military; Origami; Review; Shelter

Indexed keywords

DEPLOYABLE; ENGINEERING DESIGN; HISTORICAL REVIEW; MILITARY; ORIGAMI; ORIGAMI ENGINEERINGS; PAPER FOLDING; STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE;

REVIEWS; SHELTERS (FROM ATTACK); STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SHELTER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890924770     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2013.11.009     Document Type: Review

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