Multi-chain digital element analysis in textile mechanics

By G. Zhou, Xuekun Sun, Youqi Wang. 2004

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Meso-scale FE analyses of textile composite reinforcement deformation based on X-ray computed tomography (2014, background): “1c) to analyse motion and friction between the ﬁbres [7–9].”
Numerical modelling of 3D woven preform deformations (2014, methodology): “[16] extended this method by considering each yarn to be an assembly of several digital chains.”
Mechanical modelling of 3D woven composites considering realistic unit cell geometry (2014, methodology): “Previous work [7] used a finite element (FE) model, based on the digital element method [8] in order to predict the deformations of an orthogonal 3D woven fabric at the unit cell level.”
Generation of 3D representative volume elements for heterogeneous materials: A review (2018, methodology): “[444] compared three generation strategies for 3D orthogonal interlock structures: an idealized representation of the geometry based on TEXGEN, a kinematic model based on the digital element method [443] and an analytical method [445] requiring measurement data from the fabric.”
Geometric and mechanical modelling of textiles (2007, methodology): “[143] extended the method by representing each yarn by multiple chains of truss elements.”