TY - JOUR
T1 - Plate Compression Analysis of Woven Spacer Fabrics
AU - Zhaoqun Du, Ming Li, Yuanxin Wu, Linge He & Pengfei Liu
JO - Journal of Fiber Bioengineering and Informatics
VL - 3
SP - 443
EP - 452
PY - 2015
DA - 2015/08
SN - 8
DO - http://doi.org/10.3993/jfbim00129
UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jfbi/4725.html
KW - Spacer Fabric
KW - Plate Compression
KW - Finite Element Analysis
KW - Spacer Filament
AB - Diameter of spacer filament, thickness of spacer fabric, and warp threads per centimeter and weft
threads per centimeter on plate compression of woven spacer fabric was studied by finite element
method. Compression force and strain curves were acquired by ABAQUS software and compression
indices were featured, including compression work, maximum compression force and compression index.
Small relative errors of compression indices between experimental and theoretical results demonstrated
that it was feasible to use finite element method to predict plate compression performance of spacer
fabric. Woven spacer fabrics with different structure were designed and theoretical results showed that
the thicker the spacer filament, the greater the three compression indices. Moreover, compression stress
distribution of spacer fabrics indicated that stress of spacer filament was much larger than that of warp
threads and weft threads of surface fabrics.