Textiles: from twisted yarn to topology and mechanics
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| author | Dresselhaus, Elizabeth J. Mahmoudi, Sonia Niu, Lauren Poincloux, Samuel Sanchez, Vanessa Dimitriyev, Michael S. |
| author_facet | Dresselhaus, Elizabeth J. Mahmoudi, Sonia Niu, Lauren Poincloux, Samuel Sanchez, Vanessa Dimitriyev, Michael S. |
| contents | While textiles have existed throughout much of human history as complex mechanical metamaterials, textile science has largely been overlooked by the physics community until recently. In this review, we consider the symmetry, topology, and mechanics of woven and knitted materials, showing that they represent a unique, if under-explored, regime of condensed matter. We start with the basic construction and mechanics of spun yarn, reviewing recent developments twisted bundle structures. We then introduce woven and knitted fabrics as materials with layer symmetries that can be topologically characterized as knots and links in the thickened torus. We finally discuss fabric mechanics and geometry in terms of yarn-level geometry, dissipation mechanisms, and defect structures. |
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| spellingShingle | Textiles: from twisted yarn to topology and mechanics Dresselhaus, Elizabeth J. Mahmoudi, Sonia Niu, Lauren Poincloux, Samuel Sanchez, Vanessa Dimitriyev, Michael S. Soft Condensed Matter Materials Science While textiles have existed throughout much of human history as complex mechanical metamaterials, textile science has largely been overlooked by the physics community until recently. In this review, we consider the symmetry, topology, and mechanics of woven and knitted materials, showing that they represent a unique, if under-explored, regime of condensed matter. We start with the basic construction and mechanics of spun yarn, reviewing recent developments twisted bundle structures. We then introduce woven and knitted fabrics as materials with layer symmetries that can be topologically characterized as knots and links in the thickened torus. We finally discuss fabric mechanics and geometry in terms of yarn-level geometry, dissipation mechanisms, and defect structures. |
| title | Textiles: from twisted yarn to topology and mechanics |
| topic | Soft Condensed Matter Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.09005 |