ENGINEERING TEXTILES

By N. RAENE

CONTENTS PART I CONCEPTS OF FABRIC ENGINEERING, PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN INTRODUCTION: TEXTILE ? BER-TO-FABRIC ENGINEERING THE TEXTILE AND ? BER INDUSTRY, PAST AND PRESENT THE 1990S: A TURNING POINT IN THE TEXTILE AND ? BER INDUSTRY FUNCTION-FOCUS ? BROUS PRODUCTS THE MOVE TO FUNCTION-FOCUS ? BROUS PRODUCTS KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL AND FUNCTION-FOCUS ? BROUS PRODUCTS FIBER-TO-FABRIC ENGINEERING REFERENCES TEXTILE ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS THE EVOLUTION OF ENGINEERING ENGINEERING ATTRIBUTES AND CONCEPTS CONCLUSIONS TEXTILE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: BASIC CONCEPTS AND CRITICAL FACTORS INTRODUCTION SIMPLI? ED VIEW OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT THE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CYCLE BUSINESS AND MARKETING ASPECTS RELATED TO PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PRODUCT-FOCUS VERSUS USER-FOCUS PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ROLE OF RESEARCH IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TEXTILE PRODUCT DESIGN PRODUCT DESIGN: THE CORE TASK IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT THE PRODUCT DESIGN CYCLE DESIGN CONCEPTUALIZATION DESIGN ANALYSIS TEXTILE PRODUCT DESIGN CONCEPTUALIZATION: BASIC ELEMENTS AND TOOLS BASIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DESIGN CONCEPTUALIZATION AND DESIGN ANALYSIS GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR DESIGN CONCEPTUALIZATION BASIC TOOLS OF DESIGN CONCEPTUALIZATION TEXTILE PRODUCT DESIGN ANALYSIS AND MODELING THE PURPOSE OF DESIGN ANALYSIS TEXTILE MODELING TECHNIQUES ARTI? CIAL NEURAL NETWORKS OPTIMIZATION ANALYSIS: LINEAR PROGRAMMING PROBLEM SOLVING TOOLS: GENETIC ALGORITHMS AND SIMULATED ANNEALING MODELING HUMAN JUDGMENT: FUZZY LOGIC FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS FAILURE ANALYSIS RELIABILITY AND SURVIVAL ANALYSIS PART II MATERIAL SELECTION MATERIAL SELECTION FOR TEXTILE PRODUCT DESIGN BASIC STEPS OF MATERIAL SELECTION MATERIAL CATEGORIZATION COMMON MATERIAL CATEGORIES BASIC CRITERIA FOR THE MATERIAL MATERIAL COST EFFECTS OF TECHNOLOGY ON MATERIAL SELECTION DESIGN-DIRECT VERSUS VALUE–IMPACT PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS STRUCTURE, CHARACTERISTICS AND TYPES OF ? BER FOR TEXTILE PRODUCT DESIGN BASIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ? BERS AND OTHER MATERIALS REVIEW OF DIFFERENT ? BER TYPES NATURAL ? BERS REGENERATED SYNTHETIC ? BERS SYNTHETIC ? BERS FIBERS FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE APPLICATIONS STRUCTURE AND TYPES OF YARN FOR TEXTILE PRODUCT DESIGN YARN CLASSI? CATION YARN SPECI? CATIONS SPECIALTY YARNS IDEALIZED YARN STRUCTURE DESIGN-RELATED ASPECTS OF YARN STRUCTURE TYPES OF FABRIC FOR TEXTILE PRODUCT DESIGN FABRIC CLASSI? CATION YARN-BASED (YB) FABRICS FIBER–DIRECT (FD) FABRICS: NONWOVENS COMPOUND FABRICS FINISHING PROCESSES FOR ? BROUS ASSEMBLIES IN TEXTILE PRODUCT DESIGN YARN ? NISH FABRIC ? NISH NANOTECHNOLOGY: ? NISH APPLICATIONS COATING AND LAMINATION PART III DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS OF ? BROUS PRODUCTS DEVELOPMENT OF TRADITIONAL TEXTILE ? BER PRODUCTS PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF TRADITIONAL ? BROUS PRODUCTS PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS VERSUS COMPONENT ATTRIBUTES TYPICAL VALUES OF FABRIC ATTRIBUTES COMMONLY CONSIDERED IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT IMPLEMENTATION OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS FOR SOME TRADITIONAL ? BROUS PRODUCTS DENIM PRODUCTS SPORTSWEAR PRODUCTS THERMO-PHYSIOLOGICAL COMFORT: BASIC CONCEPTS DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL TEXTILE PRODUCTS: MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF FUNCTION-FOCUS ? BROUS PRODUCTS DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF FUNCTION-FOCUS PRODUCTS MATERIALS FOR ENERGY MATERIALS FOR GROUND TRANSPORTATION MATERIALS FOR AEROSPACE MATERIALS FOR INFORMATION, COMPUTERS AND COMMUNICATIONS MATERIALS FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS MATERIALS FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS MATERIALS FOR AGRICULTURE APPLICATIONS SMART MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT OF TEXTILE ? BER PRODUCTS FOR TRANSPORTATION APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT OF FABRICS FOR AIRBAGS USED IN AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT OF FABRICS FOR SAFETY SEATBELTS DEVELOPMENT OF FABRICS FOR TRANSPORTATION SEATS DEVELOPMENT OF TEXTILE ? BRE PRODUCTS FOR MEDICAL AND PROTECTION APPLICATIONS FIBER TYPES USED FOR HEALTH-RELATED PRODUCTS FIBROUS STRUCTURES USED FOR HEALTH-RELATED PRODUCTS CATEGORIES OF HEALTH-RELATED PRODUCTS PROTECTIVE ? BROUS SYSTEMS