Although nonwovens used in many areas from civil and mechanical engineering to
consumer products, research on their mechanical behavior are rather limited in the …

This paper reviews the main strategies used to simulate the mechanical behaviour of
nonwoven materials that is defined by a structure of their fibrous networks and a mechanical …

Fibrous networks are encountered in various natural and synthetic materials. Typically, they
have random microstructures with complex patterns of fibre distribution. This microstructure …

A deformation behaviour of, and damage in, polymer-based thermally bonded nonwovens
was studied with a parametric finite-element model. Microstructure of the studied nonwoven …

Polypropylene (PP) is the homo-polymer that is widely used for production of non-woven
fabric. In the manufacture of polypropylene resins, considerable advances have been made …

Deformation behaviour of networks formed by bonded fibres presents significant challenges
to specialists in mechanics of materials. In this paper, distribution of fibre strains in a fibrous …

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

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 …

The modelling of nonwoven fabric manufacturing uses fibres or filaments laid down, without
interlacing, in a web and bonded together mechanically (spun-bonding),(melt-blowing), or …

Nonwovens are engineered materials made of fibres randomly-oriented or aligned in
preferential directions, consolidated together by thermal, mechanical or chemical bonding …