Fabrics change their mechanical properties by the cyclic shearing deformation under a constant tensile extension. Mechanical properties, however, recover their properties nearly to the original condition if the fatigue of fabrics does not reach the critical state. This article investigates the recovery characteristics of mechanical properties,
i.e., tensile and shearing properties during a fatigue process. Analyses have been made for each recovery curve by using the following approximated equation
Zp-1=α+β⋅exp (-
t/T0) …………… (1)
where,
Zp: ratio of measured value to the original one,
α: residual amount of mechanical property,
β: recovered amount of mechanical property, and
T0: recovering time constant.
Curves expressed by the equation (1) agree well with a recovering curve of mechanical property. It is also confirmed that the values expressing the recovery properties, α, β and
T0 well represent the recovering state of the fatigue of mechanical properties of fabrics. It would be possible, in future, to distinguish quantitatively the difference of recovering properties caused by fiber composition (wool, polyester, wool/polyester, etc.) and fabric construction (Ponti-de-Roma, Interlock, etc.) by the parameters α, β and
T0. The precision of the prediction of the fatigue could be enhanced.
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