Abstract
In the present study the possibility of application of photoelasticity to the measurement of stress distribution in fabrics is investigated.
By experimental investigation using photoelastic models which are composed with plane polyvinyl chloride film and have structures like that of various fabrics, distribution of lines of principal stress and principal axes of stress in those models under various loads are determined.
By using those photoelastic models of fabrics, it is expected that the mechanical properties of fabrics itself are able to be investigated.
