Multilayer Textile Structures: Relationship Between the Properties of a Textile Composite and its Components

Abstract

The relationship between the mechanical properties of textile composite structures and those of the constituting face and liner fabrics have been studied experimentally and theoretically. Three different face fabrics have been fused together with a number of fusible interlinings of different base cloth, adhesive type, and adhesive-distribution type. The properties investigated include extension stiffness, residual extension, bending stiffness, shearability, shear stiffness, peel strength and, wrinkle and crease recovery. It is shown that certain properties of a composite material can be predicted from the knowledge of the corresponding properties of its components. Linear regression analysis has been made to test such correlations. The influence of face fabric and interlining on the properties of composite material have been studied.