INFLUENCE OF THE FABRIC PROPERTIES ON FABRIC STIFFNESS FOR THE INDUSTRIAL FABRICS

Year 2008, Volume: 18 Issue: 4, 263 - 267, 01.12.2008

Mehmet Emin Yüksekkaya Thomas Howard Sabit Adanur

Abstract

Flexural rigidity of a fabric is among the important properties, especially for industrial applications of high performance fabrics. The relationships between various fabric properties and fabric stiffness were analyzed. Several monofilament fabrics were tested in the warp direction for this purpose. It was found that there were close relationships between fabric stiffness and warp diameter, filling diameter, fabric modulus and fabric density. As yarn diameters and fabric modulus increase, the stiffness of fabric also increases. It was evident that fabric design has also an effect on fabric stiffness for the tested fabrics. The measured fabric stiffness values were compared with theoretical calculations that showed good agreement

Keywords

Flexural rigidity, Stiffness, Industrial fabric

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