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Handbook of technical textiles

Edited by A R Horrocks and S C Anand, University of Bolton, UK

Woodhead Textiles Series No. 12

 - comprehensive handbook for all aspects of technical textiles
 - detailed coverage of processes, fabric structure and applications
 - contributions from recognised experts world-wide

This major handbook provides comprehensive coverage of the manufacture, processing and applications of high tech textiles for a huge range of applications including: heat and flame protection; waterproof and breathable fabrics; textiles in filtration; geotextiles; medical textiles; textiles in transport engineering and textiles for extreme environments.

Handbook of technical textiles is an essential guide for textile yarn and fibre manufacturers; producers of woven, knitted and non-woven fabrics; textile finishers; designers and specifiers of textiles for new or novel applications as well as lecturers and graduate students on university textile courses.

Published in association with The Textile Institute

ISBN 1 85573 385 4
ISBN-13: 978 1 85573 385 5
October 2000
576 pages  244 x 172mm  hardback  
£190.00 / US$325.00 / €240.00

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About the editors

A R Horrocks and S C Anand, Bolton Institute, UK

Contents

Technical textiles market - an overview
Chris Byrne

Technical fibres
Mohsen Miraftab

Technical yarns
X Chen and R H Gong

Technical fabric structures – Part 1 Woven fabrics
Walter S Sondhelm

Technical fabric structures – Part 2 Knitted fabrics
Subhash Anand

Technical fabric structures – Part 3 Nonwoven fabrics
Phillip Smith

Finishing of technical textiles
Michael Hall

Coating of technical textiles
Michael Hall

Coloration of technical textiles
Ian Holme

Heat and flame protection
Pushpa Bajaj

Textile-reinforced composite materials
Stephen Ogin

Waterproof breathable fabrics
David Holmes

Textiles in filtration
Edwin Hardman

Textiles in civil engineering – Part 1 Geotextiles
Peter Rankilore

Textiles in civil engineering - Part 2 Natural fibre geotextiles
Martin Pritchard, Robert Sarsby and Subhash Anand

Medical textiles
Alistair Rigby and Subhash Anand

Textiles in defence
Richard A Scott

Textiles for survival
David A Holmes

Textiles in transportation
Walter Fung

Textiles and the environment
Keith Slater