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Mechanics of a Model Frictional Knitted Fabric
Laura Michel, Antoine Faulconnier, Audrey Steinberger +2
We present a study of the shapes and mechanical properties of a knitted loop made of elastic and frictional yarns. First, for non-frictional yarns, we investigate how the elastic e…
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Laddering of a knitted fabric: a topology-induced failure
Antoine Faulconnier, Laura Michel, Mokhtar Adda-Bedia +2
Laddering is the propagation of a topological defect in an everyday-life material: weft knitted fabrics, following a broken thread or a dropped stitch. What is a minor frustration…
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Frictional sliding strength of knotted and capstan configurations along the axis of a cylinder
Javier Sabater, Ji-Sung Park, Jérôme Crassous +2
We investigate the sliding strength of thin filaments in frictional contact with a translating cylinder, perpendicular to the filaments' axes, in knotted (clove hitch) and unknotte…