A cross-plane permeability model for needle-punched nonwoven structures

Journal of the Textile Institute

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 527-532

  Rawal, A ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Mean flow pore diameter; Needle punched nonwoven; Permeability; Pore size

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEEDLE PENETRATION; NONWOVEN FABRIC; PERMEABILITY; PORE SIZE; THICKNESS;

EID: 33845882216     PISSN: 00405000     EISSN: 17542340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1533/joti.2005.0219     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. ARIADURAI, S A, POTLURI, P, and WHYTE, I L. 1999. Modelling the in-plane permeability of woven geotextiles. Text. Res. J., 69:345–351.
2. ASTM D3776, 1996. Standard Test Methods for Mass Per Unit Area (Weight) of Fabric, American Society for Testing Materials, Philadelphia, PA.
3. ASTM D5729, 1995. Standard Test Method for Thickness of Nonwoven Fabrics, American Society for Testing Materials, Philadelphia, PA.
4. COLLINS, R. E., 1961. Flow of Fluids Through Porous Materials, Litton Educational Publishing Inc., New York, USA.
5. EN ISO 11058, 1999. Geotextiles and Geotextile-Related Products - Determination of Water Permeability Characteristics Normal to the Plane Without Load, EN ISO 11058, Geneva, Switzerland.
6. HAKANSON, J M, TOLL, S, and LUNDSTORM, T S. 2005. Liquid permeability of an anisotropic fibre web. Text. Res. J., 75:304–311.
7. JENA, A, and GUPTA, K. 2003. Liquid extrusion techniques for pore structure evaluation of nonwovens, INJ. Fall, 12:45–53.
8. KIM, H S. 2003. In-plane liquid distribution in nonwoven fabrics:Part 2 - simulation, INJ. Summer, 12:29–33.
9. KOMORI, T, and MAKISHIMA, F. 1979. Geometrical expressions of spaces in anisotropic fibre assemblies. Text. Res. J., 49:550–555.
10. KULICHENKO, A V, and LANGENHOVE, L V. 1992. The resistance to flow transmission of porous materials. Text. Res. J., 83:127–132.
11. LAWRENCE, C A, and SHEN, X. 2000. An investigation into the hydraulic properties for application in wet-press concrete casting, part II:Predictive models for the water permeability of needle-punched nonwoven fabrics. J. Text. Inst., 91:61–77.
12. LIFSHUTZ, N. 2005. On the `mean flow' pore size distribution of microfiber and nanofiber webs, INJ. Spring, 14:18–24.
13. MAO, N, and RUSSELL, S J. 2000. Directional permeability in homogenous nonwoven structures, part I:The relationship between directional permeability and fibre orientation. J. Text. Inst., 91:235–243.
14. MAO, N, and RUSSELL, S J. 2000. Directional permeability in homogenous nonwoven structures, part II:Permeability in idealised structures. J. Text. Inst., 91:244–258. b.
15. MAO, N, and RUSSELL, S J. 2003. Anisotropic liquid absorption in homogeneous two-dimensional nonwoven structures. J. Appl. Phys., 94:4135–4138.
16. MAYER, E. 2002. Porometry characterization of filtration media. Filtration News, 20:1–7.
17. NECKAR, B, and IBRAHIM, S. 2003. Theoretical approach for determining pore characteristics between fibres. Text. Res. J., 75:611–619.
18. ROBERTSON, A F. 1950. Air porosity of open-weave fabric. Text. Res. J., 20:838–857.
19. SKARTSIS, L, KHOMAMI, B, and KARDOS, J L. 1992. Resin flow through fibre beds during composite manufacturing processes, part II:Numerical and experimental studies of Newtonian flow through ideal and actual fibre beds. Polym. Eng. Sci., 32:231–239.
20. XU, G, and WANG, F. 2005. Prediction of the permeability of woven fabrics. J. Indust. Text., 34:243–254.