Topology optimization for modeling and prediction of complex fabric structures and properties

US11761128B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• DREXEL UNIVERSITY · US
• The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · US

Inventors

• Genevieve Dion · Philadelphia, US
• Randall Kamien · Philadelphia, US
• Michael David Tanis · Philadelphia, US
• Amy Lynne Stoltzfus · Philadelphia, US
• Chelsea E. Amanatides · Philadelphia, US
• Toen Castle · Orange, AU
• David Breen · Arcadia, US
• Paras Wadekar · Philadelphia, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 18, 2019
• Grant date: Sep 19, 2023
• Expiry date: Aug 27, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2113/12
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for modeling textile structures using bicontinuous surfaces includes selecting a virtual scaffold of bicontinuous surfaces defining textile fabrication pathways to model spatial relationships between the pathways and yarns in a desired yarn pattern of a textile fabric design. The method further includes constructing a yarn pathway across the bicontinuous surfaces that form the virtual scaffold. The method further includes removing or releasing tension from the virtual scaffold, thereby allowing yarns to relax and determining a physical property of the textile fabric design.