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Atlas of fibre fracture and damage to textiles (Second edition)

J W S Hearle, B Lomas and W D Cooke, UMIST, UK

Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles No. 8

It is a rich source of information for serious investigators who need to account for the causes of a particular event in which fibre fracture occurs.
Journal of The Textile Institute

Casework examples quoted by Adolf and Hearle, in the chapter entitled Textile damage in forensic investigations, always make good reading for both the expert and layman alike.
Science and Justice

This new, retitled, edition of Fibre Failure and Wear of Materials has been updated and expanded to include more examples from work at UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology) in the 1990s and to take account of recent research elsewhere. It contains over 500 new micrographs to add to the 1,000 in the first edition and includes two new sections on forensic and medical studies. Based on over 25 years of research at UMIST, the book is concerned with how fibres fail under stress. Until comparatively recently little was known about the way in which fibres break. In this book about 20 different modes of fibre failure are examined. Case studies have been selected both from the traditional uses of textiles in clothing and in household products, such as sheets, towels and carpets and also from the study of failure in textile structures used in industry and engineering, for example seat belts and ropes.

This unique collection of more than 1500 scanning electron micrographs and other pictures for identifying failure modes, together with the accompanying explanatory text, provides fibre scientists, polymer scientists and others working in textile research with a better understanding of fracture mechanisms. The book will also be of interest to forensic scientists and medical specialists using fibre implants. Finally, it will help textile technologists and design engineers to manufacture improved textile products and to use them in ways which will maximise their life span.

Published in association with The Textile Institute

£390.00 / US$665.00 / €470.00

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About the authors

John W S Hearle is Emeritus Professor of Textile Technology, UMIST
Brenda Lomas was formerly a Senior Experimental Officer, Department of Textiles, UMIST
William D Cooke is a Senior Lecturer, Department of Textiles, UMIST

Titles which may also be of interest:
Physical testing of textiles
Structure and mechanics of woven fabrics
Chemical testing of textiles
Hypersingular integral equations in fracture analysis

Contents

PART 1 INTRODUCTORY REVIEW
PART 2 TENSILE FAILURES
PART 3 FATIGUE
PART 4 OTHER FIBRE STUDIES
PART 5 TEXTILE PROCESSING AND TESTING
PART 6 CASE STUDIES: CLOTHING AND DOMESTIC USES
PART 7 CASE STUDIES: INDUSTRIAL USES
PART 8 FIBRE ARCHAEOLOGY AND TEXTILE CONSERVATION
PART 9 FORENSIC STUDIES
PART 10 MEDICAL APPLICATIONS
PART 11 CONCLUSION

PART 1 INTRODUCTORY REVIEW

Single fibre failure

Examination of wear in textiles

PART 2 TENSILE FAILURES

Introduction

Brittle Tensile Fracture: Glass, Ceramic, Carbon, Elastomeric Fibres

Ductile Tensile Fracture: Nylon, Polyester, Polypropylene, etc.

High-Speed Tensile Break: Nylon, Polyester and Other Melt-Spun Fibres

Axial Splits: Para-aramid (Kevlar), High-Modulus Polyethylene (HMPE), Nylon at Low Temperatures

Granular Fracture: Solution-Spun Fibres

Fibrillar Failure: Wet Cotton

PART 3 FATIGUE

Introduction

Tensile Fatigue: Nylon, Polyester, Nomex, Polypropylene, Acrylic, Kevlar

Flex Fatigue: Polyester, Nylon, Acrylic, Polypropylene, Rayon

Biaxial Rotation Fatigue: Many Fibre Types

Surface Shear and Wear: Many Fibre Types

PART 4 OTHER FIBRE STUDIES

Introduction

Degraded Fibres

Twist Breaks

Cotton

Wool and Human Hair

Other Forms of Severance

Miscellany

PART 5 TEXTILE PROCESSING AND TESTING

Introduction

Processed and Natural Fibre Ends

Yarn Testing

Fabric Testing

Composite Testing

PART 6 CASE STUDIES: CLOTHING AND DOMESTIC USES

Introduction

Trousers and Jackets

Shirts

Wear and Pilling in Knitted and Woven Fabrics

Socks, Underwear and Other Items

Household Textiles

Carpets

Industrial Workwear

Army Coveralls

PART 7 CASE STUDIES: INDUSTRIAL USES

Introduction

Automobile Seat Belts

Military Webbings and Cords

Ropes

Other Industrial Products

PART 8 FIBRE ARCHAEOLOGY AND TEXTILE CONSERVATION

Introduction

Mechanical Wear in Ancient Textiles

Environmental Damage

PART 9 FORENSIC STUDIES

Textile Damage in Forensic Investigations
Franz-Peter Adolf and John Hearle

Use of Sem in Textile Forensic Work
William Pelton

Comparison of Bullet and Knife Damage
Fran Poole and Michael Pailthorpe

PART 10 MEDICAL APPLICATIONS

Introduction

Failure in Anterior Cruciate Ligaments
Alan McLeod and William Cooke

Dressings and Implants Using Special Fibres

PART 11 CONCLUSION

The Diversity of Fibre Failure