Drape simulation of woven fabrics using a mass-spring system

Abstract

In this paper, a mass-spring system is used to predict the draping behavior of woven fabrics. The material properties important to fabric draping are measured from the Kawabata system and the experimental data are incorporated into the simulation to calculate internal forces, based on which the draping behavior of particular types of woven fabrics is dynamically demonstrated. The hysteresis behavior in mechanical tests of a certain fabric is displayed virtually by calculating the internal restoration forces of the system. To evaluate the validity of the method, both the virtual drape measurement and the real drape measurement are performed to compare the same drape attributes derived from the two measurements. The simulation results and the experimental data are in good agreement.