Abstract
The design, manufacturing and characterization of warp knit textile structures with enhanced drapeability and energy absorption is reported in this paper. Four textile structures were produced, all based on a triangular or double arrowhead structure, which is known to lead to a negative Poisson's ratio ?. Mechanical testing has confirmed that textile structures can be produced which are auxetic at +/- 45 degrees to the warp direction, with ? of up to -0.22?+/-?0.03.