ABSTRACT
A textile material is made from fiber or other extended linear materials, such as thread or yarn. Conventional textile fabrics are usually planar sheets displaying the unique character of drape, which is the result of simultaneous large deformation in bending and shear modes. Textile fabrics also exhibit controlled in-plane and cross-plane fluid flow and moderate to very high resistance to tensile deformation, primarily along its two principal directions. Such fabrics belong to a class of materials typified by their compressional properties, for example, bulk compression or planar compression associated with high compressional resilience, their thermal and electrical conductivities, and also texture. Texture of textile materials is a cumulative effect of some surface properties, namely roughness, light scattering, compressibility under low pressure, surface tension, and topology.
