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Engineering of High-Performance Textiles

  • 1st Edition - September 7, 2017
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Menghe Miao, John H Xin
  • Language: English

Engineering of High-Performance Textiles discusses the fiber-to-fabric engineering of various textile products. Each chapter focuses on practical guidelines and approache… Read more

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Description

Engineering of High-Performance Textiles discusses the fiber-to-fabric engineering of various textile products. Each chapter focuses on practical guidelines and approaches for common issues in textile research and development.

The book discusses high-performance fibers and yarns before presenting the engineering fabrics and architectures needed for particular properties required of high-performance textiles. Properties covered include moisture absorption, pilling resistant knitwear, fire retardant fabrics, camouflage fabrics, insect repellent fabrics, filtration, and many more.

Coordinated by two highly distinguished editors, this book is a practical resource for all those engaged in textile research, development and production, for both traditional and new-generation textile products, and for academics involved in research into textile science and technology.

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

Review quotes

"Engineering of High-Performance Textiles discusses the fiber-to-fabric engineering of various textile products. Each chapter focuses on practical guidelines and approaches for common issues in textile performance and product development."—Asian Technical Textiles

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 12, 2017
  • Language: English

About the editors

MM

Menghe Miao

Dr. Menghe Miao is a Fibre and Textile Technology Consultant, having retired from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) as a Principal Research Scientist in materials science and engineering in 2022. He was an Honorary Professorial Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Melbourne during 2019-2023. Before joining CSIRO, he was a Research Leader at the Wool Research Organisation of New Zealand (WRONZ) and taught and conducted research on yarn spinning technology at China Textile University and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, after receiving his PhD from The University of Leeds in 1985.

Dr. Miao's research and publications cover various aspects of the science and engineering of fibre-based materials, including textile manufacturing technology, product engineering, fibre-reinforced composite materials, the production and properties of carbon fibres and carbon nanotube yarns, and textile-structured sensors, actuators, and energy storage devices. He has published over 200 refereed journal papers and research reports for the textile and related industries, as well as two edited books: Engineering of High-Performance Textiles and Carbon Nanotube Fibres and Yarns. Dr. Miao established the fundamental equations of yarn twisting dynamics, which form the basis of this book.

Affiliations and expertise
Fibre and Textile Technology Consultant, Melbourne, Australia

JX

John H Xin

John Xin is an Associate Professor in the Institute of Textiles and Clothing at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is a Charted Colourist of the Society of Dyers and Colourists, UK, and a panel member of the International Editorial Board of Coloration Technology published by the Society of Dyers and Colourists. Prof. Xin's main teaching and research interests include functional and smart textile and garment treatments, new functional material synthesis, nano-encapsulation systems with controllable release, coloration technology, colour science, including colour measurement and quality control, colour communication technology. He has published over 300 book chapters, SCI journal papers, conference proceedings, and patents, and has been invited as keynote speakers and session chairs at numerous international conferences.
Affiliations and expertise
Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

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