This book presents the textile-, mathematical and mechanical background for the modelling of fiber based structures such as yarns, braided and knitted textiles. The hierarchical scales of these textiles and the structural elements at the different levels are analysed and the methods for their modelling are presented. The author reports about problems, methods and algorithms and possible solutions from his twenty year experience in the modelling and software development of CAD for textiles.

Introduction and problem definition

Topology based models of tubular and flat braided structures
Evaluation of the properties of braided structures based on topological models
Process emulation based development of braided structures and machines
Topological modeling of knitted structures
Truss framework model for warp knitted structures
Notes about topological methods for woven structures
Topology based modeling of sewing stitches
Extending to filament level and interplation issues
Assembly level--from textile structures to textile assemblies
Data structures for multiscale modeling of flexible assemblies and software
Computational mechanics of the one dimensional continuum as refinement of the toplogy based models
Applications of the toplogical generated models
Summary.