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Recchia, Stephen. Multiscale modeling of interwoven kevlar fibers based on random walk to predict yarn structural response. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3FX7CJT

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TitleMultiscale modeling of interwoven kevlar fibers based on random walk to predict yarn structural response
NameRecchia, Stephen (author); Pelegri, Assimina A. (chair); Klein, Lisa (internal member); Kear, Bernard (internal member); Mish, Kyran (outside member); Rutgers University; Graduate School - New Brunswick
Date Created2016
Other Date2016-01 (degree)
SubjectMaterials Science and Engineering, Polyphenyleneterephthalamide, Yarn--Testing, Textile fabrics
Extent1 online resource (xii, 96 p. : ill.)
DescriptionKevlar is the most common high-end plastic filament yarn used in body armor, tire reinforcement, and wear resistant applications. Kevlar is a trade name for an aramid fiber. These are fibers in which the chain molecules are highly oriented along the fiber axis, so the strength of the chemical bond can be exploited. The bulk material is extruded into filaments that are bound together into yarn, which may be chorded with other materials as in car tires, woven into a fabric, or layered in an epoxy to make composite panels. The high tensile strength to low weight ratio makes this material ideal for designs that decrease weight and inertia, such as automobile tires, body panels, and body armor. For designs that use Kevlar, increasing the strength, or tenacity, to weight ratio would improve performance or reduce cost of all products that are based on this material. This thesis computationally and experimentally investigates the tenacity and stiffness of Kevlar yarns with varying twist ratios. The test boundary conditions were replicated with a geometrically accurate finite element model, resulting in a customized code that can reproduce tortuous filaments in a yarn was developed. The solid model geometry capturing filament tortuosity was implemented through a random walk method of axial geometry creation. A finite element analysis successfully recreated the yarn strength and stiffness dependency observed during the tests. The physics applied in the finite element model was reproduced in an analytical equation that was able to predict the failure strength and strain dependency of twist ratio. The analytical solution can be employed to optimize yarn design for high strength applications.
NotePh.D.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
NoteIncludes vita
Genretheses, ETD doctoral
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3FX7CJT
Languageeng
CollectionGraduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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