3 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
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…
cond-mat.soft2026
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…
cond-mat.soft2024
Metastability of a periodic network of threads: what are the shapes of a knitted fabric ?
Jérôme Crassous, Samuel Poincloux, Audrey Steinberger
Knitted fabrics are metamaterials with remarkable mechanical properties, such as extreme deformability and multiple history-dependent rest shapes. This letter shows that those prop…