Simulation of the Fabric Drape Behavior Using the Mass-Spring Model

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Simulation of fabric drape behavior is one of the attractive topics in many fields including textile and computer engineering. Various methods have been proposed by researchers for simulation of fabric drape behavior that among them, the simulation based on mass-spring model has found wider application as a result of higher speed of simulation and flexibility. In this research, a mass-spring model has been proposed for simulation of woven fabric draping behavior. The fabric drape results obtained from simulation for a series of plain woven fabric with different sizes and weft densities were compared with the experimental results obtained from the image processing method. The results of simulation and experiment had the best fi (correlation ~91%) for the fabric with the highest density of weft) 28 wefts per centimeter) and smallest dimensions) 10×10 cm2).

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