Wa. Munro et al., SOME TEXTILE APPLICATIONS OF FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS - PART II - FINITE-ELEMENTS FOR YARN MECHANICS, J TEXTILE I, 88(4), 1997, pp. 339-351
The concepts of modal decomposition developed in an earlier paper are
used to produce a three-dimensional element for aligned fibre assembli
es. The element degrees of freedom are introduced and the chosen mode
shapes of the element demonstrated, The finite element is tested by us
ing simple material-property assumptions, and the element is verified
against a theoretical model of the twisting of a single fibre about a
solid core, The element is then verified qualitatively by modelling re
alistic yarn situations, and the resultant deformation plots are prese
nted.