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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.
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David J. Steigmann gratefully acknowledges his appointment as a Visiting Research Professor at the Università di Roma ‘La Sapienza’ during the course of this research. He is also grateful for support provided by the Powley Fund for Ballistics Research.
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Steigmann, D.J., dell’Isola, F. Mechanical response of fabric sheets to three-dimensional bending, twisting, and stretching. Acta Mech Sin 31, 373–382 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10409-015-0413-x
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