
Engineering of High-Performance Textiles
Description
Key Features
- Offers a range of perspectives on high-performance textiles from an international team of authors with diverse expertise in academic research, textile development and manufacture
- Provides systematic and comprehensive coverage of the topic from fabric construction, through product development, to the range of current and potential applications that exploit high-performance textile technology
- Led by two high-profile editors with many years’ experience in engineering high-performance textiles
Readership
Professionals engaged in textile product development and production, and academics whose research focuses on textile science and technology
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
PART I: FIBRE & YARN SELECTION
2. Fibre selection
3. Specialty/functional/high-performance fibres
4. High performance blends
5. Fabric structure and properties
6. Fibre-to-yarn predictions
PART II: ENGINEERING OF HIGH PERFORMANCE FABRICS
7. Fabric types: woven, knitted or nonwoven?
8. Colour fastness
9. Warmth without the weight
10. Moisture absorption and transport
11. Easy-care fabrics
12. Stretch fit and compression
13. Pilling resistant knitwear
14. Fire retardant fabrics
15. Impact resistant fabrics
16. Camouflage fabrics
17. Insect repellent fabrics
18. Conductive textiles
19. Filtration fabrics
20. Fabrics for reinforcement of engineering composites
Product details
- No. of pages: 544
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Woodhead Publishing 2017
- Published: September 7, 2017
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- eBook ISBN: 9780081018859
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780081012734
About the Editors
Menghe Miao
Affiliations and Expertise
John Xin
Affiliations and Expertise
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