UNIQUE SERIES AKTU Syllabus
BCT072

Engineering of Textile Structure

L-T-P3-0-0 Credits3 Session2025-26 TypeTheory
Appears in 1 semester

B.Tech Carpet & Textile Technology · Sem 7 (Departmental Elective-IV)

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Syllabus

5 units · 40 lecture hours
Unit1

Unit 1

8 hrs

Packing of fiber in yarn and Packing factor. Measurement of Yarn diameter. Cloth setting theories and fabric tightness. C l o t h cover and p o r o s i t y. Relationship of fabric density and fabric weight.

Unit2

Unit 2

8 hrs

Fiber migration- mechanism of migration, Measurement of migration and factor affecting frequency of migration. Mechanics of staple fibre yarns and limit of twist. Hamburger model.

Unit3

Unit 3

8 hrs

Idealized yarn geometry. Twist factor. Twist contraction. Effect of twist on Yarn tenacity. Extension of continuous filament yarn and prediction of break.

Unit4

Unit 4

8 hrs

Pierce concept of fabric geometry for plain weave. Functional relationship for crimp amplitude, Fabric thickness. Special cases of fabric geometry and jam structures.

Unit5

Unit 5

8 hrs

Flexible and elastic threads model, Crimp interchange & Crimp balance in woven fabric. Uniaxial and biaxial tensile behavior of cloth.

Course Objectives1 points
  • Objective of the course is to identify yarn and fabric parameters and understand structure of woven fabric structure for evaluation, design and product development.
Course Outcomes (COs)6 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

  1. CO1Recall the Knowledge of parameters of yarn and woven fabric structure by listing, defining and memorizing.
  2. CO2Describe yarn and fabric parameters.
  3. CO3Execute knowledge of yarn and fabric parameters for translation into properties.
  4. CO4Analyze test results of yarn fabric properties in terms of structural parameters.
  5. CO5Synthesis the parameters for design and development of product.
  6. CO6Evaluate yarn and fabric properties with reasoning. Page 11 of 11

Reference

  1. Textile yarns. Technolgy, structure and applications. by Goswami, Martindale, Scardino. Wiley Publication.
  2. Textile Mathematics by J.E. Booth
  3. Pierce papers in Journal of textile institute 1930, 1937
  4. Watson’s Advanced Textile Design. Compound woven structures, Woodhead Publishing ltd.
  5. Woven Textile Structure: Theory & Applications. B K Behera & P K hari. Woodhead publishing Ltd.

Official AKTU syllabus

This subject is on page 10, 11 of the original AKTU PDF.

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