Air Permeability of Multilayered Nonwoven Fabrics: Comparison of Experimental and Theoretical Results

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 613-617

  Mohammadi, M ^a   Banks Lee, P ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MULTILAYERS; NONWOVEN FABRICS; PUNCHING;

FABRIC STRUCTURES; MULTILAYERED STRUCTURES;

FABRICS;

MULTILAYER FABRIC; NEEDLED FABRIC; NONWOVEN FABRIC; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; TESTING; THEORETICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036640710     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004051750207200708     Document Type: Article

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