Course Plan for Properties of Fibres (TE-221)

 JAWAHARLAL NEHRU GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE 

SUNDERNAGAR, MANDI, H.P-175018

Department of Textile Engineering

Course Plan: Total Lectures-39

Subject: Properties of Fibres (TE-221)

Section: A (Total Lectures Required : 9) Recommended Books/Study Material:       1.  Morton W E and Hearle J W S, “Physical Properties of Textile Fibres”, 1st reprint, The Textile Institute, Manchester (1993).        2. Hearle J W S, “The Structural Mechanics of Fibers”, Journal of Polymer Science: Part C NO. 20, PP. 215-251 (1967). 3.Wilding M. A., “Introduction: The structure of fibres” Journal of Chemistry of the Textiles Industry, pp 1-45,1995. 4.      Pavia D L ,” Introduction to Spectroscopy”, Cengage Learning; 4 edition, 2012.
Lecture 1	Subject Introduction, Course Objective and Learning Outcomes.
Lecture 2	Traditional View of fibre structure. Two Phase Model. (Fringed Micelle, Fringed Fibril and Chain Folding concept)
Lecture 3	Continuous Structure Models (Paracrystals and Amorphous-with-correlation))
Lecture 4	Intermediate Views: Defects and Assembly of Crystalline Fibrils.
Lecture 5	Degree of order and Degree of orientation.
Lecture 6	Methods of investigation of fibre structure.  Identification of chemical structure by IR spectroscopy.
Lecture 7	Identification of physical structure by X-ray.
Lecture 8	Identification of physical structure by SEM.
Lecture 9	Identification of physical structure by NMR.
Section: B (Total Lectures Required : 8) Recommended Books/Study Material: 1. Morton W E and Hearle J W S, “Physical Properties of Textile Fibres”, 1st reprint, The Textile Institute, Manchester (1993). 2 .Zhang Xiangwu, “Fundamentals of Fiber Science”  DEStech Publications, Inc, 13-Jan-2014.
Lecture 10	Definitions of humidity, moisture regain and moisture content. Relation between regain and relative humidity.
Lecture 11	Effect of stress and temperature on regain. Heat of sorption.
Lecture 12	Swelling of fibres.
Lecture 13	Quantitative theory of   moisture   absorption.
Lecture 14	Fibre friction:  Technological importance. Measurement of friction.
Lecture 15	Effect of load and area of contact. Static and kinetic friction
Lecture 16	General theory of friction and application to fiber.
Lecture 17
Section: C (Total Lectures Required : 16 ) Recommended Books/Study Material: 1.Morton W E and Hearle J W S, “Physical Properties of Textile Fibres”, 1st reprint, The Textile Institute, Manchester (1993). 2.Zhang Xiangwu, “Fundamentals of Fiber Science”  DEStech Publications, Inc, 13-Jan-2014. 3.  Meredith R, “The Mechanical Properties of Textile Fibres”, North Holland Publishing Co; Amsterdam (1959)
Lecture 18	Factors influencing results of tensile experiment.
Lecture 19	Expressing results: Different experimental methods.
Lecture 20
Lecture 21	Effect of variability on Tensile properties
Lecture 22	Elastic recovery. Effect of test conditions on recovery.
Lecture 23	Cyclic testing of Fibers
Lecture 24	Fibre  fracture and fatigue
Lecture 25	Time effect. Creep and stress relaxation
Lecture 26	Introduction to dynamic testing and fatigue.
Lecture 27	Concept of models. Kelvin and Maxwell model.
Lecture 28
Lecture 29	Bending rigidity   of fibre.
Lecture 30	Torisional   rigidity   of fibre.
Lecture 31	Structural effect on extension behaviour
Lecture 32	Definition and effect of different parameters on dielectric properties.
Lecture 33	Electric resistance and effect of different factors on the electrical resistance of fibres.
Section: D (Total Lectures Required : 6) Recommended Books/Study Material: 1.Morton W E and Hearle J W S, “Physical Properties of Textile Fibres”, 1st reprint, The Textile Institute, Manchester (1993). 2. Zhang Xiangwu, “Fundamentals of Fiber Science”  DEStech Publications, Inc, 13-Jan-2014.
Lecture 34	Static electricity: Introduction and significance.
Lecture 35	Measurement of static electricity. Explanation of static phenomena.
Lecture 36	Optical   properties: Refractive index and birefringence.
Lecture 37	Birefringence and orientation of fiber.
Lecture 38	Reflection and luster properties of fiber.
Lecture 39	Structural changes on heating. Thermal transitions. Concept Heat setting of fibres.