The Mechanical Properties of Woven Fabrics

Abstract

Modes of deformation involved in shearing of plain weave fabrics are analyzed in terms of the mechanical properties of yarn and the geometrical parameters of the fabric. The effective contact lengths at the intersecting points in the fabric are determined from , the initial modulus of shearing. The hysteresis produced during shearing is determined by the proposed mechanisms of deformation and is found to correlate well with experiments.