MULTI-SCALE CONSTITUTIVE MODELING AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF FABRIC MATERIAL
B. Nadler, P. Papadopoulos and D.J. Steigmann Int. J. Solids Struct., 43, pp. 206-221, (2006)

Abstract
A multiscale model for a fabric material is introduced. The model is based on the assumption that on the macroscale the fabric behaves as a continuum membrane, while on the microscale the properties of the microstructure are accounted for by a constitutive law derived by modeling a pair of overlapping crimped yarns as extensible elasticae. A two-scale finite element method is devised to solve selected boundary-value problems.


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