A method has been developed to estimate single cotton fiber tensile properties from load-elongation curves of slack fiber bundles. The method is applied to bundle load- elongation curves from HVI tests to estimate the averages of fiber breaking strength, elongation, and crimp. The estimated values are compared with single fiber tensile properties obtained from a Mantis® single fiber tester.
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