Wetlaid nonwovens are engineered paper-like materials. Wetlaid nonwovens are made from
a suspension of fibres, which is dewatered to produce a fibrous web. However, unlike paper …

Electrospun materials, due to their unique properties, have found many applications in the
biomedical field. Exploiting their porous nanofibrous structure, they are often used as …

SUMMARY A novel finite‐element modelling code developed to investigate the structural
behaviour of nonwoven materials is presented. The technique allows modelling of a …

In the last decade, various numerical models, continuous and discontinuous, were proposed
in the literature with an aim to simulate deformation and damage behaviour of nonwoven …

High-performance yarns are widely used to produce protective fabrics, including stab-
resistant materials. The most common approach to studying the mechanism of puncture …

A novel finite element modelling method is presented with its application to analyse the
effect of manufacturing parameters on the tensile stiffness of thermally bonded nonwovens …

Tufted carpet is one of the most used carpets. The penetration force of needle is an
important factor in tufting process. Few know how to calculate the penetration force during …

Fibrous networks are ubiquitous: they can be found in various engineering applications as
well as in biological tissues. Due to complexity of their random microstructure, anisotropic …

Thermally bonded polypropylene nonwovens with low basis weights between 8 and 30 g/m
2 play an important role in the hygiene industry. In addition to fluid handling, air permeability …

Nonwoven is a 'wonder material'that has innumerable applications, but the governing
micromechanics based on the structure-property relationship is fairly complex and needs to …