TY - JOUR
T1 - The FEM-prediction on Tensile Performance of Woven Membrane Materials under Uni and Bi-axial Loads
AU - Shou-Hui Chen, Hong-Qin Yu, Zheng Guo, Raul Fangueiro & Da-Peng Qi
JO - Journal of Fiber Bioengineering and Informatics
VL - 4
SP - 244
EP - 249
PY - 2010
DA - 2010/03
SN - 3
DO - http://doi.org/10.3993/jfbi03201109
UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jfbi/4975.html
KW - FEM
KW - membrane materials
KW - coated fabrics
KW - tensile modulus
KW - uni-axial
KW - bi-axial
AB - In this study, the mechanical model of the woven PVC-coated membrane materials had been built. 
By the FEM analysis, it was found that when tensioned under uni-axial loads, the tensile modulus 
in the warp and fill direction of woven membrane materials was predicted satisfactorily, especially 
after the revision of properties of the fiber materials. The effect of the tensile moduli of the fiber 
and the PVC coating materials on the modulus of the woven membrane fabrics had been discussed. 
It was concluded that with the proper improvement of the modulus of the fiber materials in the fill 
direction, the discrepancy between the modulus of woven membrane materials in the warp and fill 
direction can be reduced to a certain extent. Considering prediction of modulus of the woven 
membrane materials under bi-axial loads, large difference was found between the predicted results 
and the experimental results, especially in warp direction. This was due to the fact that the 
mechanical analysis model reflected only the differences in geometric configuration between the 
warp and fill directions. However, the reinforcement of membrane materials in warp direction 
during weaving and coating processes had been ignored.