This study aims to investigate experimentally the frictional properties of pile fabrics by changing the sliding speed, the relative humidity, the number of twists of the pile yarns and the frictional direction.
The results obtained are as follows :
(1) The frictional force is affected by the sliding speed and decreases as the sliding speed increases.
(2) As it is found that the fricional force is affected by the relative humidity, the assumption is made that :
F (H) = f
AY·A (H) + bW (H)
where, f
AY is constant and H shows the relative humidity. The assumption was confirmed experimentally.
(3) The frictional force increases as the number of twists of the pile yarns decreases.
(4) The coefficient of friction obtained by the sliding opposite to the pile lay (μ
a) is higher than that obtained by the sliding to the same direction as the pile lay (μ
w).
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