Spring 1995 Meeting
Raleigh, NC

1995 JOINT CONFERENCE OF THE FIBER SOCIETY SPRING CONFERENCE, 65TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF TRI/PRINCETON AND 2ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF NONWOVENS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTER, RALEIGH, NC.

Mechanical Properties of Fibers

Water in Twaron p-aramid and the Effect upon Mechanical Properties
A.A. SCHAAP, H. v.d. WERFF, M.H. SEHKA
Probing the Failure Surface of High Strength Fibers
PHILIP CUNNIFF
Mechanical Property Modification of Aramid Fibers by Polymer Infiltration
A. NETRAVALI and A. MATHUR
Ultimate Mechanical Properties of the Basalt Filaments
JIRI MILITKY and VLADIMIR KOVACIC
The Effect of Surface Defect Geometry on the Tensile Failure of Aminolyzed Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Fibers
SARAH A. HOLMES

Textile Technology/Characterization

Analysis of Fabric Roll Making
TUSHAR K. GHOSH and HONG PEN
The Effect of Mutual Bonding of Textile Layers on Thermal Insulation and Thermal Contact Properties of Fabric Assemblies
LUBOS HES, MARIO DE ARAUJO and VALENTIN DJULAY
Improvement of the Performance and Comfort of Ramie and its Blends
K.P.S. CHENG and Y.L. HOW
Applying Fourier Transform Analysis to Geometric Characterization in Woven Fabric
SAID ABDELKARIM HOSSEINI RAVANDI
Study of Strengths of Woven Fabrics
NING PAN

Symposium On Nonwovens I

Geometrical Probabilities on Random Fiber Webs - Theories and Some Simulation Results
MOON SUH
Measurement of Web Structure On-Line - A Potential Technique
HAWTHORNE DAVIS, RADHAKRISHNA VEERABADRAN, SUBHASH K. BATRA and ARTHUR C. BULLERWELL
The Effect of Sterilizing Radiation on Nonwoven Fabrics
W. CHAPPAS, B. POURDEYHIMI
A Review of Different Methods for Assessing Fiber Orientation in Nonwovens
B. POURDEYHIMI, R. RAMAMATHAN
Structure and Properties Development in a Spunbonding Process
DONG ZHANG, GAJANAN S. BHAT, SANJIV R. MALKAN and LARRY C. WADSWORTH

Symposium On Nonwovens II

Performance Evaluation of Nonwoven Geotextiles in Soil-Fabric Interaction
HONGLIAN ZHAI, SUMITA BASU MALLICK and SABIT ADANUR
Predicting the Leakage Performance of Incontinence Pads Using Laboratory Tests
ALAN COTTENDEN, GRAHAM DEAN and RODNEY BROOKS
Absorbency Behavior of Webs Containing Cellulosic and Noncellulosic Fibers
B.S. GUPTA

Composite Structures

Modeling for Suppression of Moisture/Temperature Induced Dimensional Changes in Fibrous Composite Structures
YIPING QIU and STANLEY BACKER
Evaluation of Composite Manufacture Using Braided Towpregs
A. RAMASAMY, Y.WANG and J. MUZZY

Fiber Characterization

Influence of PET Microstructure on Penetrant Diffusion Kinetics
D. R. SALEM, X.X. HUANG and H.-D. WEIGMANN
Ultra-Violet Stabilization of Polyester Fibers
S. B. RUETSCH, X.X. HUANG, D.R. SALEM and H.-D.WEIGMANN
SEM, EDS and FTIR Examination of Archaeological Mineralized Plant Fibers
H. L. CHEN, K. A. JAKES and D.W. FOREMAN
Starch Fibers; Processing and Characteristics
DANA EAGLES, DANIEL LESNOY and SANDRA BARLOW

Textile Technology

Developments in Automatic Control of Sewing Parameters
A.M. ROCHA, M.F. LIMA, F.N. FERREIRA, M.D. ARAUJO
Evaluation of the Product Quality and Performance of Siro-Spun Silk / Siro-Spun Silk Blended Yarns
M. SHIVAKUMAR, Y.V. NAGABHUSHANAIAH and T.H. SOMASHEKAR

Fiber Formation

Can Improved Fibers be Obtained via Spinning from Crystalline Polymer Inclusion?
N. VASANTHAN, G. McKINNEY and A.E. TONELLI
Shear Precipitated Chitosan Fibrils
SAMUEL HUDSON and SONJA SALMON
Formation of Gels from Cellulose/Ammonia/Ammonium Thiocyanate Solutions
MARGARET W. FREY, JOHN A. CUCULO, and NORMAN AMINUDDIN
The Spinning of Cellulosic Fibers with NMMO as a Solvent
B. LASKIEWICZ

 

Spring 1995 Meeting
Raleigh, NC