Engineering Textiles
Integrating the Design and Manufacture of Textile Products
- 462 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About This Book
Engineering Textiles: Integrating the Design and Manufacture of Textile Products, Second Edition, is a pioneering guide to textile product design and development, enabling the reader to understand essential principles, concepts, materials and applications. This new edition is updated and expanded to include new and emerging topics, design concepts and technologies, such as sustainability, the use of nanotechnology, and wearable textiles. Chapters cover the essential concepts of fiber-to-fabric engineering, product development and design of textile products, different types of fibers, yarns and fabrics, the structure, characteristics and design of textiles, and the development of products for specific applications, including both traditional and technical textiles.
This book is an innovative and highly valuable source of information for anyone engaged in textile product design and development, including engineers, textile technologists, manufacturers, product developers, and researchers and students in textile engineering.
- Presents an integrated approach to textile product design and development
- Guides the reader from initial principles and concepts, to cutting-edge applications
- Includes cutting-edge design concepts and major new technologies
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Table of contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- Acknowledgment
- 1: Textile engineering as a scientific discipline
- 2: Evolutionary aspects of product development in the textile and fashion industry with respect to marketing changes
- 3: Product development in engineering textiles
- 4: Key aspects of design conceptualization
- 5: Engineering design in the textile and garment industry
- 6: Engineering design for sustainability in the textile and garment industry
- 7: Material selection
- 8: Fibers
- 9: Yarns
- 10: Textile fabrics
- 11: Finished fibrous assemblies
- 12: Basic attributes of textile products
- 13: Performance characteristics of traditional textiles: Denim and sportswear products
- 14: Performance characteristics of technical textiles: Part I: E-textiles
- 15: Performance characteristics of technical textiles: Part II: Transportation textiles
- 16: Performance characteristics of technical textiles: Part III: Healthcare and protective textiles
- Index