in this study, the longitudinal shrinkage behavior of knitted fabrics during drying has been studied. in this context, a model is presented to predict the longitudinal shrinkage of plain knitted fabric during drying process. in order to model the shrinkage behavior, a 1dof model consists of a mass, a linear spring and a linear damper have been used. in presented model the time-varying mass is c...

Auxetic metamaterials expand transversely when stretched longitudinally or contract compressed, resulting in a negative Poisson’s ratio (NPR). fabrics are 3D textile possessing unique geometry that can generate an auxetic response with respect to tension. In weft-knitted fabrics, the NPR property is achieved due inherent curling effect of face and back stitches knit loops; they organized knitti...

The structural and compressibility properties of the weft-knitted glass yarn fabrics from 1x1, 2x2, English, fisherman rib architectures were investigated in this study. Due to their tight structures; 2x2 fabric exhibited higher loop density, shorter length than 1x1 English architectures. displayed fiber volume fraction multi-layer compaction recovery tests where pressure was varied between 2 2...

We have examined the fabric-to-metal surface and fabric-to-fabric frictional characteristics (in both warp and weft directions) of a series of fabrics containing 100% polyester, 100% viscose, and P/C & P/V blends with different blend proportions. It has been observed that the normal load and the frictional force follow a logarithmic relationship for all the fabrics. The nature of fabric frictio...

Textile composites describe a broad range of polymer composite materials with textile reinforcements, from woven and non-crimp commodity fabrics to three dimensional textiles. In a general manner textile composites are based on textile preforms manufactured by some textile processing technique and on some resin infiltration and consolidation technique. Due to the complex three-dimensional struc...

In this paper, the ultraviolet protection factor (UPF) of weft knitted fabrics made from 20Ne cotton yarn, Coolmax yarn and their blends in dry, relaxed and stretched states were studied. According to the fibre composition, samples were divided into three groups: Group I (single cotton yarn); Group II (cotton/cotton combination); and Group III (Coolmax/cotton combination) for discussion. In add...

Circular knitting machine makes the fabric with more than two knitting tools. Variation of yarn tension between different knitting tools causes different loop length of stitches duration knitting process. In this research, a new intelligent method is applied to control loop length of stitches in various tools based on ideal shape of stitches and real angle of stitches direction while different ...