A Study on the Compressive Creep Behaviour of Cotton Fiber Assemblies

Abstract

As one step for establishment of a knowledge on the compressive rheological property of fiber assemblies, in this study, we investigated the compressive creep behaviour of cotton fiber assemblies, and the following conclusions were obtained :
(1) The compressive creep strain of cotton fiber assemblies increases with the increase of compressive load, and has the maximum value at the temperature 3040°C.
(2) The compressive creep property of the cotton fiber assemblies agrees with the creep expression obtained from the Eyring's non-linear three elements model.