FIBERS AND POLYMERS, vol.12, no.3, pp.390-398, 2011 (SCI-Expanded)
The aim of this study was to understand the failure mechanism of two dimensional dry fabric structure considering yarn sets and interlacements. For this purpose, data generated on air-entangled textured polyester woven fabric under the simple tensile load and analyzed by developed regression model. The regression model showed that warp and weft directional tensile strengths of satin fabric were higher than those of plain and rib fabrics in unravel sample. This might be related to the number of interlacements of the fabrics. There was not a considerable difference between warp directional tensile strength of ravel and unravel satin fabrics, whereas weft directional tensile strength of ravel satin fabric decreased rapidly with respect to its unravel form. The satin fabric showed the highest warp directional tensile strength among the others. The lowest well directional tensile strength was received from ribs fabric. In semi-ravel sample, all fabrics showed low warp and well directional tensile strength values except in plain fabric. Warp directional tensile elongation of plain fabric was the highest in unravel sample. Satin fabric showed the highest warp directional tensile elongation in the ravel sample. Warp directional tensile elongations of all the fabrics in the semi-ravel sample became low. Well directional tensile elongation of satin fabric was the highest in unravel sample. In addition, satin and plain fabrics showed the highest well directional tensile elongations in the ravel sample. Well directional tensile elongations of all the fabrics in the semi-ravel sample became low except in ribs fabric.