A fabric structure is a structure made of fabric, with or without a structural frame made from the weaving of the fabric itself . The technology provides...

Tensegrity structures Prestressed membranes Pneumatically stressed membranes Gridshell Fabric structure Common materials for doubly curved fabric structures are...

Tension fabric buildings or tension fabric structures are constructed using a rigid frame—which can consist of timber, steel, rigid plastic, or aluminum—and...

Sherpa is a fabric with a pile on one side and flat on the other side. Sherpa is a curly piled fabric structure made of synthetic yarns like acrylic or...

thick, double knit fabric design produced on double jersey (Rib or Interlock) knitting machines. It is one of the firm, stable structures of knits with a...

developed to form textile structures based on their intended use. Knitting and non-woven are other popular types of fabric manufacturing. In the contemporary...

Gossamer fabric is a thin, sheer woven fabric. The structure of the fabric is similar to a gauze. It is usually made of silk, cotton, or wool. The fabric may...

concrete (a concrete shell) to fabric (as in fabric structures). Thin-shell structures (also called plate and shell structures) are lightweight constructions...

and Merrill for the Haj Terminal at the Jeddah Airport. This tensile fabric structure consists of 210 roof units contained in ten modules that are supported...

which means "cloth or rag"; is a lightweight, balanced plain-woven sheer fabric, or gauze, like gossamer, woven of alternate S- and Z-twist crepe (high-twist)...

Waffle fabric, also known as honeycomb fabric, has raised threads that form small rectangles. It can be made by either weaving or knitting. Waffle weave...

Stretch fabric is a synthetic fabric that stretches. Stretch fabrics are either 2-way stretch or 4-way stretch. 2-way stretch fabrics stretch in one direction...

Etamine is a loosely woven fabric with a similar structure to voile or a mesh. It is an open fabric structure manufactured with plain weaving by using...

when someone walks on it). They are almost always cable or fabric structures. A fabric structure acts as a catenary in two directions. Structural engineering...

random cellular structure. The common membranes used in membrane structures include: PVC coated polyester fabric Translucent Polyethylene fabric PVC coated...

Laine, and Mousseline de Laine are all French words for wool cloth. This fabric [de laine] is also called "chaine cotton" in French, which means "cotton...

ISBN 978-1-4987-9641-5. Gong, R. H. (2011-09-14). Specialist Yarn and Fabric Structures: Developments and Applications. Elsevier. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-85709-393-6...

benefits are related to the presence of large void spaces in the fishnet fabric structure that trap insulating air for warmth in cool conditions, and allow for...

Serge is a type of twill fabric that has diagonal lines or ridges on both inner and outer surfaces via a two-up, two-down weave. The worsted variety is...

called Java canvas) is an open, even-weave fabric traditionally used for cross-stitch embroidery. This cotton fabric has a natural mesh that facilitates cross-stitching...

Nonwoven fabric or non-woven fabric is a fabric-like material made from staple fibre (short) and long fibres (continuous long), bonded together by chemical...

S2CID 111000384. Birrell, Verla Leone (1959). The textile arts, a handbook of fabric structure and design processes:ancient and modern weaving, braiding, printing...

configuration of the structure is generally known à priori. This is not the case for tensile structures such as tension fabric structures. Since the membrane...

the net ground mechanically. In 1765, they managed to create a tulle-like fabric on a so-called stocking framework. It took, however, some more years until...

across the fabric from selvage to selvage. They are formed by using coarse filling yarns in a plain weave. punched A type of fabric structure that gives...

(Hand, Fabric hand, Fabric feel) is the property of fabrics related to the touch that expresses sensory comfort. It refers to the way fabrics feel against...

(Greek: μηχανικός) comes from the same Greek roots. A wider meaning of 'fabric, structure' is found in classical Latin, but not in Greek usage. This meaning...

North America, or crocus in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean, is a woven fabric made of vegetable fibres, usually the skin of the jute plant or sisal leaves...

individual characteristics, fabric composition, and heavy structure made it a fabric of special interest in the mid 19th century. The fabric was thick, strong,...

Sateen is a fabric made using a satin weave structure but with spun yarn instead of filament yarn. It is a cotton or other non-silk fabric that has the...