Engineering Textiles: Integrating the Design and Manufacture of Textile Products

Engineering Textiles: Integrating the Design and Manufacture of Textile Products, Second Edition, is a pioneering guide to textile product design and development, enabling the reader to understand essential principles, concepts, materials and applications. This new edition is updated and expanded to include new and emerging topics, design concepts and technologies, such as sustainability, the use of nanotechnology, and wearable textiles. Chapters cover the essential concepts of fiber-to-fabric engineering, product development and design of textile products, different types of fibers, yarns and fabrics, the structure, characteristics and design of textiles, and the development of products for specific applications, including both traditional and technical textiles.

This book is an innovative and highly valuable source of information for anyone engaged in textile product design and development, including engineers, textile technologists, manufacturers, product developers, and researchers and students in textile engineering.

1. Textile engineering as a scientific discipline 2. Evolutionary aspects of product development in the textile and fashion industry with respect to marketing changes 3. Product development in engineering textiles 4. Key aspects of design conceptualization 5. Engineering design in the textile and garment industry 6. Engineering design for sustainability in the textile and garment industry 7. Material selection 8. Fibers 9. Yarns 10. Textile fabrics 11. Finished fibrous assemblies 12. Basic attributes of textile products 13. Performance characteristics of traditional textiles: Denim and sportswear products 14. Performance characteristics of technical textiles: Part I: E-textiles 15. Performance characteristics of technical textiles: Part II: Transportation textiles 16. Performance characteristics of technical textiles: Part III: Healthcare and protective textiles