Experimental Setup to Validate Textile Material Models for Drape Simulation

Abstract

The simulation of the draping process of dry textiles allows one to predict the occurrence of folds and the local fibre orientations and fibre positions after draping. In this paper the experiments to determine the mechanical material properties of textile structures are discussed. The mechanical material parameters are used as input for the drape simulation on the macro-scale. The numeric material models can be validated by comparing the numeric results with the experimental draping results of a drapeability test with standardized geometries. The further developed drapeability test to validate the material models for textile structures will be presented.