Elastane in Sports and Medical Textiles
eBook - ePub

Elastane in Sports and Medical Textiles

  1. 148 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Elastane in Sports and Medical Textiles

About this book

Elastic garments have tremendous scope in the field of tight-fit sportswear and healthcare applications. Research towards improvement in the elasticity of fibre, yarn, and fabrics and development in testing methods for elastic garments is the current requirement for the industrial product development. This book covers elastane fibres, elastane yarn and fabric production methods, new attempts in yarn production, commercial ways of fabric-manufacturing techniques and the fabric properties, new testing methods to test the elastic products, and applications of elastic garments in sports and healthcare.

Features:



  • Provides comprehensive review, process, and application of elastane fibres.


  • Covers detailed information about manufacturing and testing methods of elastane fabrics.


  • Reviews technical aspects of elastane in sportswear and healthcare.


  • Discusses evaluation process for the elastane fabric performance.


  • Defines production methods of woven and knitted fabrics using elastane.

This book is aimed at students and researchers in textile engineering/technology, textile design, human ecology and comfort, material engineering, sports sciences, medical science, and healthcare engineering.

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Yes, you can access Elastane in Sports and Medical Textiles by R. Rathinamoorthy,M. Senthilkumar in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Materials Science. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. About the Authors
  7. Foreword
  8. Preface
  9. Chapter 1 Elastane fibres – production and properties
  10. Chapter 2 Elastane yarn and fabric production
  11. Chapter 3 Characteristics of elastane fabrics
  12. Chapter 4 Elastane in garment fit and comfort
  13. Chapter 5 Elastane in medical applications
  14. Chapter 6 Elastane in sportswear
  15. Index