The biaxial tensile property of warp knitted fabric of single tricot stitch with close lap has been calculated theoretically from yarn properties and fabric structure, by using the method introduced by Kawabata. In this analysis, two regions, i.e., the deformation regions of bended yarn and yarn stretching, are separated with a critical stretch ratio taken as a border and the properties in these regions are analyzed separately. Then the properties in these two regions are composed. That is:
1. Calculating method of critical stretch ratios is introduced theoretically from fabric structure by putting a model in which yarn is straight and not stretched.
2. The biaxial tensile properties in the bending effective region is calculated from fabric structure and the equilibrium of forces, assuming that the unit structure consists of three arcs in relaxed form and that friction between yarns can be neglected.
3. Next, the biaxial tensile properties in the stretch effective region is calculated from the equilibrium of forces and the tensile property of yarn on assumption that yarn does not move from needle loop to sinker loop.
4. Finally, some examples are calculated and examined the effects of some structure constants of the fabric on its tensile property.
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