Mechanical Behavior of Thru-air Bonded Nonwoven Structures

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 417-431

  Rawal, Amit ^a   Lomov, Stepan ^a   Ngo, Thanh ^a   Verpoest, Ignaas ^a   Vankerrebrouck, Jozef ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Marialoopsteenweg 51 ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

anisotropy; fiber orientation; mechanical properties; modeling; nonwoven; thermal bonded; thru air bonded

Indexed keywords

BENDING TESTS; COMPACTION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; GEOTEXTILES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; TENSILE TESTING;

SHEAR MEASUREMENTS; THERMAL BONDED; THRU-AIR BONDED;

NONWOVEN FABRICS;

ANISOTROPY; BENDING; BONDED FIBER FABRIC; COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION; FABRIC PROPERTY; FIBER ORIENTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NONWOVEN FABRIC; POLYESTER FABRIC; STRESS-STRAIN PROPERTY; STRUCTURAL PROPERTY; TENSILE PROPERTY;

EID: 36048997819     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517507081313     Document Type: Article

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