Shearing Deformation Research on Annular Woven Shaped Fabrics

shaped weaving is a method which using unequal length of the warp and weft to weave shaped fabrics on the ordinary weaving frames. After multi-layer wound and resin solidified, these shaped fabrics can be formed into whole three-dimensional preform parts, such as oval-shaped pressure vessels, conical tube, ring, etc. because the batch roller on frame is cone frustum, not cylinder, which makes the shear deformation happens when tuck-in fabrics. In this paper, through the establishment of shear deformation model of the annular shaped woven fabric, and theoretical derivation on shear deformation, then calculate the weft deformation angle by theoretical formula. By contrast, we found the calculated shear deformation angle is very near to that measured on the shape fabrics. This proves the shear deformation model and theoretical derivation are correct, accord with the real situation of the shear deformation.