On the mechanical behaviour of monofilament technical textiles

In this work the mechanical behaviour of dry monofilament technical textiles is investigated. The considered textiles are typically used in the screen printing industry. In this and other fields, the deformability of the textile is an essential aspect for the quality of the final product. Therefore, a full knowledge of the mechanical properties of the textile is mandatory to predict the influence of several aspects. The mechanical behaviour of the monofilament textiles is here studied by means of numerical analyses of different representative volume (RV) geometries. Two different monofilament polyester plain-weave textiles were examined. For both textiles, the three-dimensional finite element models of two RVs were produced. The validation of the proposed numerical approach was conducted comparing the numerical results to the experimental observations for the two textiles during different loading conditions.