Factors Influencing Air Flow Through Unbacked Tufted Carpets

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 876-885

  Lee, Hsi Lung Stephen ^a   Carr, Wallace W ^a   Beckham, Haskell W ^a   Wepfer, William J ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; CARPET; DRYING; MODEL; PERMEABILITY; TUFT;

EID: 0033673297     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004051750007001006     Document Type: Article

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