Research Journal of Textile and Apparel: Volume 14 Issue 3

Impressions of a Career on the Hard Shoulder of Textile Software: the Route to Modelling

John W S Hearle

The last 65 years have seen a development of modelling of the structural mechanics of textiles at the same time as computation moved from primitive calculations to powerful…

Solid Particle Erosion Behavior of Needlepunched Nonwoven Reinforced Composites

Amar Patnaik, Sachin Tejyan, Amit Rawal

The paper describes a series of preliminary experiments that are conducted to investigate the mechanical properties and erosive wear behavior of needlepunched nonwoven…

Multilayer Interlocked Woven Fabrics: Simulation of RTM Mold Filling Operation with Preform Permeability Properties

Naveen V Padaki, R. Alagirusamy, B.L. Deopura, R. Fangueiro

The simulation of resin flow during the resin transfer molding (RTM) process through multilayered textile fabric of known permeability and porosity has been attempted in this…

Wear Performance of Fly Ash-enhanced Aramid Fibre Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites

Bhabani K. Satapathy, Amar Patnaik

The abrasive wear performance of fly ash filled aramid fibre reinforced phenolic based composites has been investigated on a rubber wheel abrasive wear tester (RWAT). The design…

Damage Behaviour of Ncf Carbon / Epoxy Laminates Under Tension

Stepan V. Lomov, Dmitry S. Ivanov, Katleen Vallons, Ignaas Verpoest, Thanh Chi Truong

Composites reinforced by non-crimp fabrics (NCF) reach stiffness level close to the ideal cross-ply laminates with unidirectional plies, but damage behaviour of NCF-composites…

Forecasting of Cotton Yarn Properties Using Intelligent Machines

Anindya Ghosh

An intelligence machine is a computer program that can learn from experience, i.e. modifies its processing on the basis of newly acquired information and thereafter makes…

Improved Discrimination and Prediction of Drapability of Fabrics

Surinder Tandon, Mitsuo Matsudaira

A garment is regarded as desirable and beautiful if it covers the body with harmony and gracefulness. High drape, lightweight and soft handle fabrics are in demand, particularly…

Modelling Air Permeability of Woven Fabrics by Artificial Neural Networks

B.K. Behera, R. Guruprasad

The objective of this paper is to investigate the predictability of air permeability of cotton woven fabrics from their construction variables by using a feed-forward…

Comparative Analysis of Regression and Artificial Neural Network Models for the Prediction of Yarn Hairiness

Abhijit Majumdar

Hairiness is a very important yarn quality parameter for high speed weaving. This paper presents a comparative analysis of two modeling methodologies for the prediction of ring…

Simulation of Small Filament Bundles Breaking Process

Jiří Militký, Dana. Křemenáková

The strength of fibers and fibrous bundles is a very important parameter, especially for industrial applications of textile structures. It is possible to use simulations…