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Motivated by study of fibre dynamics in the carding machine, a textiles manufacturing process, we derive a continuum model for a medium composed of entangled fibres. Extensional and shearing simulations produce promising comparisons with experimental results.
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Lee, M.EM., Ockendon, H. (2002). A Continuum Model for the Carding Machine. In: Anile, A.M., Capasso, V., Greco, A. (eds) Progress in Industrial Mathematics at ECMI 2000. Mathematics in Industry, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04784-2_42
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