Abstract
In the performance design of power-net fabric having high formative and vibration-proof effects, prediction of extension properties caused by clothing pressure is one of the most important problem. The method of linearizing non-linearlity of a fabric assembly, proposed by S. Kawabata in 1986, has been applied to predict extension property of a power-net fabric having strong anisotropy and non-linearity along the wale and course directions. Optional strain parameters n1 (i=1, 2, 1 and 2 are the wale and course directions, respectively) are introduced to transform to stress-strain curves for a linear relation. It is shown that the linearization method is able to estimate stress-strain curves on optional deformation modes from biaxial extension to uniaxial one.
