In this study, the bending behavior of quilting cloths with parallel seam lines (stitch pitch;
p) and quilting cloths with cross seam lines were examined in various deflecting conditions. The three-layer quilting cloths contain foam or cotton in the center.
The results are as follows:
(1) Not depending on inner material, the bending rigidities of quilting cloths with parallel seam lines stitched in the same pitch along the lateral direction, bias direction and longitudinal direction increase in that order.
The bending rigidities of inner material (foam or cotton) with parallel seam lines along the different direction vary in the same manner.
(2) The bending rigidities of inner materials (both foam and cotton) with parallel seam lines stitched along the longitudinal direction decrease with the increase of the density of seam lines. But if the stitches are along the lateral direction, the bending rigidities of foam decrease and that of cotton, which is made of aggregated fiber, increase.
(3) The properties of bending rigidities of quilting cloths except the ones with parallel seam lines along the longitudinal direction depend on the bending rigidity of stitched parts and the density of seam lines.
In this case, if foam is an inner material, the nonstitched parts of quilting cloths behave as rigid bodies regardless of the bending properties of foam; if cotton is an inner material, the bending properties of cotton influence the bending behaviors of quilting cloths.
(4) In the case of quilting cloths with parallel seam lines stitched along the longitudinal direction, buckling takes place in the cloths and the bending rigidities of quilting cloths step down from (
EI)
1 to (
EI)
2 (where (
EI)
1>(
EI)
2), when the deflection angle, θ
j each segment exceeds the critical angle _??_
crt.
This phenomenon shows the same tendency as laminated two-layer cloths with parallel seam lines stitched along the lateral direction, but the mechanism of deflection is different as follows; in the case of two-layer cloths, each laminated cloth exfoliates by the bending deformation and behaves as an independent one, while in the case of quilting cloths the nonstitched parts bend by deflection and the buckling parts behave in the same manner as stitched parts of quilting cloths with parallel seam lines along the lateral direction.
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