Modelling and Simulation of the Coupling of Normal Pressure and Shear Force in Plain Woven Fabrics

In textile engineering, simulative methods are used more frequently due to their advantages in material and process design. Finite element models were developed for simulating the mechanical and the draping behaviour of fabrics. For large deformation analysis of textile forming, macro mechanical models are employed that use continuum mechanical approaches for matters of reduced computation time. The material data that is required as model input, such as tension and shear properties, can either be obtained by experimental or virtual tests. In such virtual tests the deformation behaviour of fabrics can be determined by deforming the structure on the meso level.