Geometrical and finite element modelling of textile composites

Previous analytical models for studying the response of textile reinforced composite materials have been based on either a homogenization of the textile architecture or a representation of the architecture with a type of three-dimensional classical lamination theory. In either case, the analyses are not capable of determining the details of the internal response of these highly complicated materials. Although more costly than its predecessors, the present analysis is based on the detailed architecture developed previously and accounts for many of the geometric complexities that other analyses ignore.