A simple finite element model for cloth drape simulation
International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology
ISSN: 0955-6222
Article publication date: 1 August 1996
Abstract
Uses Newmark’s method to carry out a time‐stepping finite element analysis to predict the behaviour of a cloth garment as it falls from an initial horizontal position to a final position draped around a human body form. Bases the finite element model on a simple beam element, in order to minimize the computational time. Accounts for large displacement behaviour by including the element geometric stiffness. Bases the body form on anthropomorphic data produced by a shadow scanner. Enlists a novel scheme to model the contact between the cloth and the underlying body form. Uses the finite element model to provide data for an animated display and finds that it produces sufficiently realistic results for the garment designer’s purposes.
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Citation
Ascough, J., Bez, H.E. and Bricis, A.M. (1996), "A simple finite element model for cloth drape simulation", International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology, Vol. 8 No. 3, pp. 59-74. https://doi.org/10.1108/09556229610120354
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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