Forces & Stresses
Design & Technology: AQA GCSE, topic 6.3.1
Forces and Stresses
Certain forces and stresses can cause different effects.
Textiles
- Textiles can withstand many types of external forces.
- Textiles can have a variety of different forces applied to them.
- Applying forces to textiles allows them to be used for a variety of aesthetic and functional reasons.
Forces
- Torsion - a twisting force applied to both or one end of a fabric.
- Shear - forces acting across the material in opposite directions.
- Tension - pulling force which is outwards.
- Compression - pushing force which is inwards.
- Bending - forces at an angle in particular to more rigid textile materials.
Test yourself on Forces & Stresses
What is compression?
What type of force is a twisting force applied to both or one end of a fabric?