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Mechanical Properties of Yarns, Fabrics, and Coatings

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Mechanical properties of textiles are fundamental to be known for practical reasons. Mechanical properties include elastic properties which are most often used for descriptions of textiles, but also bending stiffness, drapability, etc. Elasticity is quite a general term. It is linked with the more precise terms of strain and stress. Stress can be unidirectional or multidirectional. The response on stress is strain. This response can be linear (reversible) or nonlinear (nonreversible). The strains are associated with deformations. If the stress is small, then the deformation is small, or in other words, the situation is reversible. Deformations can be normal (tensional), shear (tangential), and torsional (twisted). The Poisson’s ratio is a fundamental metric for elastic properties, giving rise to normal and unusual reaction of a fabric on strain, the latter being known as auxetic fabrics. This chapter gives an overview of different mechanical properties of textiles and possibilities to measure them.

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    Andrea Ehrmann

  2. Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

    Tomasz Blachowicz

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Ehrmann, A., Blachowicz, T. (2017). Mechanical Properties of Yarns, Fabrics, and Coatings. In: Examination of Textiles with Mathematical and Physical Methods. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47408-3_10

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