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Woven textile structure: Theory and applications

B K Behera and P K Hari, Indian Institute of Technology, India

Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles No. 115

 - provides comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals of woven fabric structure including geometrical modeling
 - examines mechanisms of woven fabric structure featuring shrinkage, buckling, bending and creasing behaviour of textiles
 - illustrates mathematical modeling and building predictive models for textile product design incorporating validation and testing
 - reviews practical applications in industries ranging from medical textiles to sport and automotive textiles

Understanding and predicting the structure and properties of woven textiles is important for achieving specific performance characteristics in various woven applications. Woven textiles are used in a range of products such as apparel, technical and industrial textiles. Woven textile structure: Theory and applications provides comprehensive coverage of the structure, behaviour, modeling and design of woven fabrics and their relevance to the textile industry.

The first group of chapters review the fundamental principles of woven fabric structures. Part two discusses the mechanics of woven fabrics, topics include shrinkage in woven fabrics, yarn behaviour in woven fabrics and bending behaviour of woven fabrics. Part three presents a selection of chapters on design engineering of woven fabrics, themes such as textile product design methods and modelling for woven fabric design are covered. A final group of chapters is dedicated to addressing practical applications of woven fabrics.

Woven textile structure: Theory and applications is essential reading for designers, engineers and technicians involved in the design, manufacture and use of woven textiles and garments. It will also bebeneficial to academics and students.

Published in association with The Textile Institute

£155.00 / US$265.00 / €185.00

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About the authors

Dr B. K. Behera is a professor in the Department of Textile Technology at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. His research interests include the mechanics of textile structure and textile modeling. He has published over 100 research papers, presented numerous conference papers and has four patents.

Dr P. K. Hari is a textile consultant and Emeritus Professor at the Technological Institute of Textile & Sciences, Bhiwani, Haryana. He was previously Head of the Textile Department at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He has published over 60 papers in international textile journals and has contributed to many International conferences.

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Contents

PART 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF WOVEN FABRIC STRUCTURE
PART 2 MECHANICS OF WOVEN FABRIC STRUCTURE
PART 3 DESIGN ENGINEERING OF WOVEN FABRICS
PART 4 PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS

PART 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF WOVEN FABRIC STRUCTURE

The basics of woven fabric structure
 - Introduction: woven fabric formation
 - Elements of woven fabric structure
 - Regular and irregular weaves
 - Modeling different weaves
 - References

Geometrical modeling of woven fabric structure
 - Introduction: woven fabric structure
 - A simple geometric model of woven fabric structure
 - Using the model to predict fabric thickness, cover, mass and specific volume
 - Modeling maximum fabric cover
 - Calculating fabric properties: numerical examples
 - References

Using a geometric model to predict woven fabric properties
 - Introduction
 - Predicting woven fabric parameters
 - Predicting the weavability limit
 - Predicting cover in different woven structures
 - Predicting fabric properties: numerical examples
 - Application: predicting tightness values
 - References

Woven fabric properties after structural modifications
 - Introduction
 - Crimp interchange phenomena
 - Maximum fabric extension
 - Other structural changes
 - Structural design of woven fabrics using soft computing
 - Predicting fabric properties: numerical examples
 - References

PART 2 MECHANICS OF WOVEN FABRIC STRUCTURE

Shrinkage in woven fabrics
 - Introduction
 - Mechanisms of fabric shrinkage
 - The relationship between cloth and yarn shrinkage
 - Predicting fabric shrinkage
 - Application of fabric shrinkage models
 - References

Yarn behaviour in woven fabrics
 - Introduction
 - The yarn path in woven fabrics and inter-yarn forces
 - The crimp balance equation
 - Predicting the yarn path in woven fabrics
 - The effect of settings on yarn behaviour
 - Crimp interchange and crimp balance equations
 - Predicting fabric properties: numerical examples
 - Practical applications
 - References

Tensile behavior of woven fabrics
 - Introduction
 - Fundamentals of axial deformation
 - Tensile properties of woven fabrics
 - Castigliano’s theorem
 - The sawtooth model
 - Fabric extension in the bias direction
 - Factors affecting the tensile properties of woven fabrics
 - References

Buckling behavior of woven fabrics
 - Introduction
 - Buckling deformation of woven fabric
 - Buckling behavior of cloth under large deformation
 - Hysteresis in fabric deformation
 - Practical applications
 - References

Bending behavior of woven fabrics
 - Introduction
 - Fundamentals of bending deformation
 - Modeling bending behavior
 - The bending behavior of woven fabrics
 - Bending hysteresis
 - The effect of setting on bending behavior
 - Bending recovery
 - Bending at higher curvatures
 - The time effect in bending deformation
 - Bending in the bias direction
 - Practical applications
 - References

Creasing in woven fabrics
 - Introduction
 - Mechanisms of creasing
 - Deformation and crease recovery behaviour
 - The effect of time on deformation and crease recovery
 - Factors affecting crease recovery of fabrics
 - References

Shear behavior of woven fabrics
 - Introduction
 - Fundamentals of shear deformation
 - Shear deformation in woven fabrics
 - Shear properties in various directions
 - Predicting shear properties: practical applications
 - References

Compression behavior of woven fabrics
 - Introduction
 - Fundamentals of compression
 - The compression behavior of textile structures
 - The exponential behavior of compressible fabrics
 - The low stress pressure-thickness curve
 - Predicting compression in woven fabrics
 - Practical applications
 - References

Friction and other aspects of the surface behavior of woven fabrics
 - Introduction
 - Fundamentals of friction and abrasion
 - Measuring roughness and other surface properties of woven fabrics
 - Factors affecting abrasion resistance
 - References

PART 3 DESIGN ENGINEERING OF WOVEN FABRICS

Textile product design methods
 - Introduction
 - The design process for textiles
 - Traditional design methods
 - Key issues in the design of textile products
 - Computer-assisted design (CAD) of woven fabrics
 - Design engineering using modeling
 - Reverse engineering
 - Expert systems in textile product design
 - References

Modeling for textile product design
 - Introduction
 - Principles of mathematical modeling
 - Modeling methodologies
 - Deterministic models
 - Nondeterministic models
 - Validation and testing of models
 - Summary
 - References

Building predictive models for textile product design
 - Introduction
 - Building empirical, mathematical and artificial neural network (ANN) models
 - Evaluating mathematical, empirical and ANN models
 - Summary
 - References

Modeling for woven fabric design
 - Introduction
 - Types of computer modeling in fabric design and manufacture
 - The application of modeling to woven fabric design
 - Modeling structure-property relationships: elongation and bending
 - Modeling of woven fabric texture
 - Limitations of modeling
 - References

PART 4 PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS

Assessing the comfort of woven fabrics: fabric handle
 - Introduction
 - The objective measurement of comfort
 - Measuring fabric handle
 - Primary and total fabric handle
 - Factors affecting fabric hand
 - Summary
 - References

Assessing the comfort of woven fabrics: thermal properties
 - Introduction
 - Thermal comfort in humans
 - The function of textiles in enhancing thermal comfort
 - Heat transfer through woven fabrics
 - Moisture vapour transfer through woven fabrics
 - Measuring thermal comfort
 - References

Modeling woven fabric drape
 - Introduction
 - Two-dimensional and three-dimensional drape
 - Subjective and objective measurement of drape
 - Drape measurement by digital image processing
 - The relationship between drape and the mechanical properties of woven fabrics
 - Low-stress mechanical properties of woven fabrics and drapeability
 - Modeling of woven fabric drape
 - Predicting drape using artificial neural network (ANN) modeling
 - Modeling dynamic drape
 - References

Modeling woven fabric behaviour during the making-up of garments
 - Introduction
 - Fabric properties and apparel performance
 - The garment making-up process and fabric properties
 - Low stress fabric mechanical properties and the garment making-up process
 - Measuring fabric suitability for the garment making-up process
 - Fabric buckling and tailoring of garments
 - Measuring sewability: seam strength
 - Measuring sewability: seam puckering
 - Measuring sewability: seam slippage
 - References

Modeling three-dimensional (3D) woven fabric structures
 - Introduction: 3-D fabrics
 - 2-D and 3-D fabric weaving
 - Classifying 3-D woven fabrics
 - Modeling equations for weaving 2-D and 3-D fabrics
 - The use of 2-D and 3-D textiles in composites
 - The tensile properties of 3-D textile composites
 - References

Modeling and applications of woven fabrics
 - Introduction
 - Fundamental aspects of woven textile structure and function
 - Medical textiles
 - Automotive textiles
 - Filter fabrics
 - Textiles for electronics
 - Sports textiles
 - References