folded plates
Folded plates are assemblies of flat plates rigidly connected together along their edges.in such way so as to make the structural system capable of carrying loads without.the need for additional supporting beams along mutual edges.
Types of folded plates
1- prismatic : if they consist of rectangular plates
2- pyramidal : when non-rectangular plates are used.
3- prismoidal, triangular or trapezoidal.
class ified as:
single
Multiple
Symmertrical.
Unsymmetrical.
Simple
Continuous.
Folded plates with Simple joints.
Folded plates with Multiple joints.
Folded plates with opened cross sectional
Folded plates with closed cross sectional