Anisotropy in the Mechanical Properties of Thermally Spot-Bonded Nonwovens: Experimental Observations

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 965-976

  Kim, H S ^a   Pourdeyhimi, B ^a   Desai, P ^b   Abhiraman, A S ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fiber Visions Inc   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BONDING; ELASTIC MODULI; FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRESS;

SPOT-BONDED NONWOVENS;

NONWOVEN FABRICS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ANISOTROPY; FABRIC PROPERTY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NONWOVEN FABRIC; TENSILE PROPERTY;

EID: 0035513401     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004051750107101106     Document Type: Article

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