Fiber network mechanics

Fiber network mechanics is a subject within physics and mechanics that deals with the deformation of networks made by the connection of slender fibers.^[1][2] Fiber networks are used to model the mechanics of fibrous materials such as biopolymer networks^[3][4] and paper products.^[5] Depending on the mechanical behavior of individual filaments, the networks may be composed of mechanical elements such as Hookean springs,^[6] Euler-Bernoulli beams,^[7] and worm-like chains.^[8] The field of fiber network mechanics is closely related to the mechanical analysis of frame structures, granular materials, critical phenomena, and lattice dynamics.

An example fiber network.