Mechanical response of fabric sheets to three-dimensional bending, twisting, and stretching

David Steigmann (1, 2) , Francesco Dell'Isola (3, 2)

1 Department of Mechanical Engineering
2 M&MoCS - International Research Centre on Mathematics & Mechanics of Complex Systems
3 DISG - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale e Geotecnica

A model for the mechanics of woven fabrics is developed in the framework of two-dimensional elastic surface theory. Thickness effects are modeled indirectly in terms of appropriate constitutive equations. The model accounts for the strain of the fabric and additional effects associated with the normal bending, geodesic bending, and twisting of the constituent fibers.

Domaines: Mécanique [physics]

David Steigmann, Francesco Dell'Isola. Mechanical response of fabric sheets to three-dimensional bending, twisting, and stretching. Acta Mechanica Sinica, 2015, 31 (3), pp.373-382. ⟨hal-01198464⟩