Course abstract

The course in specially designed for PG students, teachers and professionals. Testing of functional and technical textile materials is an extremely important activity for production, product and process development, research and application. During selection of textile materials for their functional and technical applications the testing of different performance characteristics is necessary. To meet up the customer requirement, specification is very useful. In this concept, testing plays a vital role. In research and development field the evaluation of textile materials helps us to decide the next route. Research Institute, pilot plants can achieve process development through testing or exactinvestigation into better, cheaper and quicker methods. Certain standard level should be maintained to control the production process. By evaluation of textile materials one can easily detect the faults of machinery and materials. Continuous test of the textiles results an enhanced and efficient output of the production. The course deals with the detailed testing methods and analysis of low stress mechanical and transmission (heat and moisture) characteristics of functional textiles. Also, detail and specific test methods of various technical textile materials, like extreme heat, fire and cold protective clothing, geotextiles, filter fabrics, fibre reinforced composites, electromagnetic shielding textiles, compression bandages, ballistic protective textiles, UV protective textiles, and analysis of test results have been discussed in details.