@article{ref1,
title="Why clothes don't fall apart: tension transmission in staple yarns",
journal="Physical review letters",
year="2018",
author="Warren, Patrick B. and Ball, Robin C. and Goldstein, Raymond E.",
volume="120",
number="15",
pages="e158001-e158001",
abstract="The problem of how staple yarns transmit tension is addressed within abstract models in which the Amontons-Coulomb friction laws yield a linear programing (LP) problem for the tensions in the fiber elements. We find there is a percolation transition such that above the percolation threshold the transmitted tension is in principle unbounded. We determine that the mean slack in the LP constraints is a suitable order parameter to characterize this supercritical state. We argue the mechanism is generic, and in practical terms, it corresponds to a switch from a ductile to a brittle failure mode accompanied by a significant increase in mechanical strength.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0031-9007",
doi="10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.158001",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.158001"
}