Topology optimization for modeling and prediction of complex fabric structures and properties

A system for modeling textile structures using bicontinuous surfaces, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• and a memory;
• a virtual scaffold generator for allowing selection of a virtual scaffold of bicontinuous surfaces defining textile fabrication pathways to model spatial relationships between the pathways and yarns in a desired yarn pattern of a textile fabric design and constructing a yarn pathway across the bicontinuous surfaces that form the virtual scaffold;
• and
• a fabric properties modeler for removing or releasing tension from the virtual scaffold, thereby allowing the yarns to relax, and determining a physical property of the textile fabric design.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by a processor of a computer control the computer to perform steps comprising:

• selecting a virtual scaffold of bicontinuous surfaces defining textile fabrication pathways to model spatial relationships between the pathways and yarns in a desired yarn pattern of a textile fabric design;
• constructing a yarn pathway across the bicontinuous surfaces that form the virtual scaffold;
• and
• removing or releasing tension from the virtual scaffold, thereby allowing yarns to relax, and determining a physical property of the textile fabric design.