Characteristics of Textile Fibres detailed syllabus for Fashion Technology (FT) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the FT students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
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Course Objectives:
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Unit I
STRUCTURE AND INVESTIGATION TECHNIQUES OF FIBRES 9 Classification of fibres; study of morphological structures of fibers; Transmission and Scanning electron microscopes-principle; construction and working; X-ray diffraction techniques – estimation of crystallinity; Infrared radiation and dichroism techniques
Unit II
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Unit III
TENSILE AND ELONGATION CHARACTERISTICS OF FIBRES 9 Tensile characteristics -study of strength, elongation, work of rupture, initial modulus, work factor and yield point – determination of yield point. stress-strain relations of natural and manmade fibres – influence of fibre structure, humidity and temperature on tensile characteristics. time effects- study of creep phenomena.
Unit IV
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Unit V
OPTICAL, FRICTIONAL, AND THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS 9 Reflexion and lustre-objective and subjective methods of measurement – refractive index and its measurement – friction – its measurement, comparison of fibres, directional friction in wool – friction. thermal transitions of fibres – thermal conductivity, thermal expansion and contraction, Tg, melting; static electricity in textile fibres
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- MortonW.E.,andHearleJ.W.S.,PhysicalPropertiesofTextileFibres,TheTextileInstitute, Washington D.C., 2008, ISBN978-1-84569-220-95
- HearleJ.W.S,LomasB.,andCookeW.D.,AtlasofFibreFractureandDamagetoTextiles, The Textile Institute, 2nd Edition, 1998, ISBN:1855733196
Reference Books:
- Meredith R., and Hearle J. W. S., Physical Methods of Investigation of Textiles, Wiley Publication,New York, 1989, ISBN: B00JCV6ZWU ISBN-13:
- MukhopadhyayS. K., Advances in Fibre Science, The Textile Institute,1992, ISBN: 1870812379
- .MeredithR.,MechanicalPropertiesofTextileFibres,NorthHolland,Amsterdam,1986,IS BN: 1114790699, ISBN-13:9781114790698
- RaheelM. (ed.)., Modern Textile Characterization Methods, Marcel Dekker, 1995, ISBN:0824794737
- Mukhopadhyay. S. K., The Structure and Properties of Typical Melt Spun Fibres, Textile Progress, Vol. 18, No. 4, Textile Institute, 1989, ISBN:1870812115
- Hearle J.W.S., Polymers and Their Properties: Fundamentals of Structures and Mechanics Vol1,EllisHorwood,England,1982,ISBN:047027302X|ISBN- 13:9780470273029
- Greaves. P. H., and Saville B.P., Microscopy of Textile Fibres, Bios Scientific, U.K., 1995, ISBN:1872748244ISBN-13:9781872748245
- Seville. B. P., Physical Testing of Textiles, Woodhead Publishing, 1999,ISBN: 1855733676 | ISBN-13:9781855733671
- Hearle J. W. S., and Peters. R. H., Fibre structure, Elsevier Ltd, 1963, ISBN: 1483212211 | ISBN-13:9781483212210
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