A novel approach in geometrical-mechanical analysis of plain woven fabrics; Initial load-extension behavior

An Analytical Study of Initial Shear Behavior of Plain Woven Hybrid Fabrics

During recent years, the fabrics made from different yarns have been used for industrial purposes such as composite materials. Given the importance of the shear properties of these fabrics, a mechanical model based on the Grosberg and Park's Model for hybrid plain-woven fabrics is proposed. In this model, using the Energy method, the initial load-shear angle behavior of hybrid fabrics is calcul...

Prediction of Elastic Properties of Plain Weave Fabric Using Geometrical Modeling

Fabrics are typical porous material and can be treated as mixtures of fibers and air. There is no clearly defined boundary and is different from a classical continuum for fabrics. It is complex to proceed with the theoretical analysis of fabric behavior. There are two main reasons (Hearle et al., 1969) for developing the geometrical structures of fabrics. One is to be able to calculate the resi...

Shear deformation analysis for woven fabrics

A new mechanical model is proposed in this paper to evaluate the shearing properties for woven fabrics during the initial slip region. Compared to the existing mechanical model for fabric shear, this model involves not only bending but also torsion of curved yarns. This model has the advantage of taking into consideration the yarn undulation in fabrics while keeping mathematical rigor. Moreover...

Simulate the Dynamic Draping Behavior of Woven and Knitted Fabrics

In this article a practical mass-spring system was developed to simulate the draping of woven and knitted fabrics. The material properties important to fabric drape, including aerial density, tensile, shear, and bending properties were measured using the Kawabata Evaluation System and the experimental data were incorporated into the mass-spring model to simulate the dynamic draping behavior of ...

Multifunctional graphene woven fabrics

Tailoring and assembling graphene into functional macrostructures with well-defined configuration are key for many promising applications. We report on a graphene-based woven fabric (GWF) prepared by interlacing two sets of graphene micron-ribbons where the ribbons pass each other essentially at right angles. By using a woven copper mesh as the template, the GWF grown from chemical vapour depos...

Woven Fabrics Surface Quantification