Handbook of Technical Textiles
Volume 2: Technical textile Applications
Published on 31. October 2000
Book
Hardback
576 pages
978-1-85573-385-5 (ISBN)
Description
This major handbook provides comprehensive coverage of the manufacture, processing and applications of high tech textiles for a huge range of applications including: heat and flame protection; waterproof and breathable fabrics; textiles in filtration; geotextiles; medical textiles; textiles in transport engineering and textiles for extreme environments.Handbook of technical textiles is an essential guide for textile yarn and fibre manufacturers; producers of woven, knitted and non-woven fabrics; textile finishers; designers and specifiers of textiles for new or novel applications as well as lecturers and graduate students on university textile courses.
Reviews / Votes
"The first edition...has been an essential purchase for professionals and researchers in this area since its publication in 2000. With revised and updated coverage, including several new chapters, this revised two volume second edition reviews recent developments and new technologies across the field of technical textiles." --Asian DyerMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 171 mm
Weight
1120 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85573-385-5 (9781855733855)
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A. Richard Horrocks | Subhash C. Anand
Handbook of Technical Textiles
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Persons
Dr Richard Horrocks is Research Professor in Textiles at the Centre for Materials Research and Innovation, The University of Bolton. Professor Subhash C. Anand MBE is Professor of Technical Textiles at the University of Bolton, UK. He has published over 200 textile research papers and holds six patents in technical textiles. He was awarded Member of Order of British Empire (MBE) for services to higher education and textile industry in 2008.
Content
Technical textiles market - an overview; Technical fibres; Technical yarns; Technical fabric structures - 1; Woven fabrics; Technical fabric structures - 2; Knitted fabrics; Technical fabric structures - 3; Nonwoven fabrics; The finishing of technical textiles; Coating technical textiles; Coloration of technical textiles; Heat and flame protection; Textile-reinforced composite materials; Waterproof breathable fabrics; Textiles in filtration; Textiles in civil engineering - 1; Geotextiles; Textiles in civil engineering - 2; Natural fibre geotextiles; Medical textiles; Textiles in defence; Textiles for survival; Textiles in transportation; Textiles and the environment.