The balance between fiber slippage and fiber breakage varied with yarn structure as produced on different spinning systems. Finally, tensile tests were con- ducted on plain and twill weave fabrics woven from yarns produced on the different spinning systems. The resultant fabric tenacities approximated corresponding yarn tenacities only for the shortest gauge lengths. In this study, a model for simulating the tensile failure process of woven fabric is constructed which accounts for several major factors responsible for the translation of yarn properties into fabric strength. A parametric study reveals a strong dependence of the tensile failure process on constituent yarn strength distribution and load sharing rule with comparatively small dependence on recovery length.
Strong connection is made with the tensile failure process of a real fabric.