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Deformation and Damage of Thermally Bonded Nonwoven Networks

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Nonwovens, composed of randomly-oriented polymer-based fibres, possess unique properties, with features common to paper, plastic and textile materials. From various types of bonding technologies used in the nonwovens industry. This chapter focuses on thermal bonding and respective fabrics as it is one of the most widely used techniques. Understanding a mechanical behaviour of polymer-based nonwoven materials that includes large-strain deformation and damage can help to evaluate a response of nonwoven fibrous networks to various loading conditions. The main deformation and damage mechanisms are analysed by means of experimental assessment of fabrics in tension alongside damage evolution based on progressive failure of fibres. Finite-element simulation strategies to gain insight into their behaviour and to achieve quantitative exploration of a design space for these materials are also discussed in this chapter.

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    Information in this section on history of nonwovens is taken from Burkett [9] and Laufer [38]. The reader is referred to these works for more details.

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    Farukh Farukh, Emrah Demirci, Memiş Acar & Vadim V. Silberschmidt

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Farukh, F., Demirci, E., Acar, M., Pourdeyhimi, B., Silberschmidt, V.V. (2015). Deformation and Damage of Thermally Bonded Nonwoven Networks. In: Silberschmidt, V., Matveenko, V. (eds) Mechanics of Advanced Materials. Engineering Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17118-0_8

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