Multi-scale finite element modeling of ballistic impact onto woven fabric involving fiber bundles

In order to capture all essential details of fibers and yarns in woven fabric under ballistic impact, this paper firstly presents a multi-scale modeling technique to simulate the woven fabric involving fiber bundles and yarns. The woven fabric was modeled through three methods including meso-scale at the yarn level and multi-scale including fiber bundles. For two multi-scale models, in the local region of the fabric, primary yarns were...