A. Patrick Cachine
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View article: Pulling apart the mechanisms that lead to jammed knitted fabrics
Pulling apart the mechanisms that lead to jammed knitted fabrics Open
We investigate the mechanical behavior of jammed knitted fabrics, where geometric confinement leads to an initially stiff mechanical response that softens into low stiffness behavior with additional applied stress. We show that the jammed …
View article: Programming mechanics in knitted materials, stitch by stitch
Programming mechanics in knitted materials, stitch by stitch Open
Knitting turns yarn, a 1D material, into a 2D fabric that is flexible, durable, and can be patterned to adopt a wide range of 3D geometries. Like other mechanical metamaterials, the elasticity of knitted fabrics is an emergent property of …