Structural Mechanics of Fabric
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The official GTU curriculum for Structural Mechanics of Fabric (subject code ME02025021) as prescribed for TE · Semester 2 divides the course into 6 units, covering 24 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (ME02025021)Unit 1 Elements of fabric geometry, Structure Property relationship, cloth
- cloth setting theories
- cover factor
- fabric Sett and its calculation
- maximum cover and its importance. shrinkage and their mechanisms in woven fabrics
- relaxed fabric and its calculations
Unit 2 Geometrical model of woven fabric. (Pierce model), equation of yarn
- path in woven fabrics
- introduction to the later modifications
- jamming of threads
- cover and crimp interchange in woven fabrics with respect to simple geometry
- introduction to elastica
- Geometry of non plain fabrics
- Concept of similar cloths
- application of cloth geometry
Unit 3 Tensile properties of woven fabrics, geometrical changes during
- extension of cloth
- different cases of load extension modulus
- local deformation during uniaxial loading
- biaxial tensile loading
Unit 4 Buckling of fabrics, Euler’s buckling column theory, buckling of
- elastic materials
- experimental confirmation 6 14
Unit 5 Pure shear, simple shear, calculation of shear parameters, shear
- initial shear behaviour of plain woven fabrics
- drape of woven fabrics
- drape parameters
- factors influencing drape coefficients
Unit 6 Compression behaviour of woven fabrics, low stress compression
- predicting compression behaviour of woven fabrics 5 10
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