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» A Summary of Fire Regulations, Requirements and Test Methods for Technical Textiles Used in Buildings
   Extensive paper providing a summary of regulations and an overview of test methods and analysis of technical textiles for buildings and construction projects within the European Union. Authors: Patrick van Hees and Per Blomqvist.
   http://www.sp.se/sv/units/fire/Documents/Rapporter/SPreport_2007_20.pdf

» A Survey on Innovative Textiles and Their Application
   Overview of market developments and trends for technical and specialty textiles for garments, home interiors and construction, sports, medical, geotechnical and agricultural, transport, personal protection and industrial applications. Author: Aldo Tempest
   http://www.stren.ind.tn/download.php?id=27326,58,1

» Applications of Mathematics in Technical Textiles
   Extensive report on the proceedings of a workshop about mathematics in technical textiles, organized by the Scottish Industrial Networking Initiative in Mathematical Sciences (SINIMS) on January 16, 2002.
   http://www.icms.org.uk/archive/sinims/reports/textiles.pdf

» Carbon Nanotubes for Smart, Light and Strong Yarns
   This technical report introduces a novel nanotube yarn developed by the researchers in CSIRO (Australia). Authors: Ken Atkinson and Bill Humphries
   http://www.csiro.au/files/files/p55a.pdf

» Chemical Resistance of Coated Fabrics
   Extensive information about the effects of chemicals on the surface of PVC, polyethylene and related resin coated industrial fabrics. From A and B Canvas Australia.
   http://www.canvasaustralia.com.au/chem/col.html

» Computation of Permeability of Textile Reinforcements
   Technical paper presenting a numerical method to predict the permeability of textile reinforcements and the experiment results to validate the theoretical prediction. Authors: Bart Verleye and others.
   http://wissrech.ins.uni-bonn.de/research/pub/croce/imacs200507.pdf

» Contributions of Strain Energy and PV-Work on the Bending Behaviour of Uncoated Plain Woven Fabric Air Beams
   Extensive technical paper, describing various test procedures to measure the bending behaviour of woven fabric air beams. Authors: Paul V. Cavallaro and others.
   http://www.jeffjournal.org/papers/Volume2/Sadegh.pdf

» Deformation Analysis of Woven Fabrics for Chair Seat Surface
   Technical paper, presenting a numerical model to evaluate the construction and deformation behaviour of textile fabrics for seating applications. Authors: Sakakibara Kazuhiro and Yokoyama Atsushi.
   http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jte/52/1/29/_pdf

» Engineering Design of Textiles
   Review of the state of the art in the structural mechanics of yarns and fabrics for applications in technical textiles. From TexEng Software, Ltd. Author: Em. Prof. J.W.S. Hearle.
   http://www.texeng.co.uk/papers/ENGINEERING_DESIGN_OF_TEXTILES.pdf

» Influence of Structural Parameters of Wale-Knitted Fabrics on Their Electrostatic Properties
   Technical paper, presenting research to estimate the electrostatic properties of knitted fabrics with electro-conductive yarn content, destined for protective clothing used to protect humans against static electricity. Authors: Anna Pinar and Lucyna Micha
   http://www.fibtex.lodz.pl/59_19_69.pdf

» Investigation of End-Use Properties of Fabrics From Metaaramid Yarns
   Technical paper presenting the results of an investigation of the end-use mechanical properties of textile fabrics of various weaves for protective apparel, made from meta-aramid yarns. Authors: L. Valaseviciute and others.
   http://internet.ktu.lt/lt/mokslas/zurnalai/medz/pdf/medz0-75/18 Valaseviciutes 391-394.pdf

» Knitting Shells in the Third Dimension
   Technical paper, discussing some of the issues related to the controlled knitting of carbon yarns into three-dimensional shell shapes, and the effect on the structural geometry. Author: J. Power.
   http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/jtatm/volume3issue4/Articles/Power/power_full_79_03.pdf

» Low Dielectric Fabrics
   Technical paper describing the development of hybrid cloth with low dielectric constant and loss for the reinforcement of circuit board substrates, from cyclic olefin copolymer blended with conventional glass fibers. From Innegrity, LLC. Author: Brian Mor
   http://www.innegrity.com/pdfs/IPC_07_paper.pdf

» Medical Textiles: Application of an Absorbable Barbed Bi-directional Surgical Suture
   This review paper introduces an absorbable bi-directional barbed surgical suture that does not require surgical knots for wound closure. Authors: Philip P. Dattilo, Jr. and others.
   http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/jtatm/volume2issue2/articles/dattilo/dattilo%20full.pdf

» Model Project on Technical Textiles
   Position paper of the Indian government Textile Commissioner's Office on the development of the technical textiles sector in India, describing the technological requirements for the production of canvas fabrics for coating and laminating of technical and
   http://txcindia.gov.in/html/projecttechnicaltextiles.pdf

» Modelling Blood Flow Through Vascular Crafts
   Technical paper describing the development of an analytical model based on fabric construction parameters, aiming to predict the permeability of a porous textile substrate with specific application to vascular graft materials. Authors: E. Skott Greenhalgh
   http://www.ntcresearch.org/pdf-rpts/AnRp98/c98-p01.pdf

» Non-Linear Elastic Fabrics
   Technical paper describing a research project focused on identifying the materials, the production process, and the behaviour modelling of non-linear elastic braided fabrics and structures for industrial applications. Authors: Christophere Pastore, Eileen
   http://www.ntcresearch.org/pdf-rpts/AnRp01/F00-P05-A1.pdf

» Standard Test Methods for Chemical Coated Fabrics and Film
   Eighth edition of the Standard Test Methods (STM) prepared by the technical committee of the Chemical Fabrics and Film Association, providing test procedures for determining physical properties of chemical coated fabrics and films, terminology and customs
   http://www.chemicalfabricsandfilm.com/pdfs_researchSection/standards/stm2007.pdf

» Textile Materials for Technical Uses
   Collection of articles about the materials, processes, products and applications of technical textiles and nonwovens. From Tecnitex Ingenieros SL.
   http://www.technicaltextilesguide.com/documentacion.html

» The Challenge of Changing From Empirical Craft to Engineering Design
   Technical paper reviewing fiber rope modeling and CAD as two approaches to accessible modeling of technical textile materials. From TexEng Software, Ltd. Author: Prof. John W.S. Hearle.
   http://www.texeng.co.uk/papers/THE_CHALLENGE_OF_CHANGING_FROM_EMPIRICAL_CRAFT_TO_ENGINEERING_DESIGN.pdf

» The Scope of Medical Textiles in India
   Extensive reports on the current state and growth potential of the medical textiles industry in India, including a list of medical textile manufacturing companies.
   http://www.txcindia.com/html/Technical%20Textiles/Report%20on%20Medical%20Textiles.pdf

» The Technical Textiles Industry in North America
   Article about the state of the technical textiles industry in North America. Production statistics and market volume. Future developments and trends. Author: William C. Smith.
   http://www.intexa.com/downloads/techtextiles_talk.pdf

» The US Market for Technical Textiles
   A May 2002 report on the state of the U.S. technical textiles industry, prepared on behalf of the Small Business and Technology Development Center by W. Chang and P. Kilduff.
   http://www.sbtdc.org/pdf/textiles.pdf

» What are Tech Textiles
   Short article explaining technical textiles, their scope in applications, economic importance, and upcoming technological developments. Technitex Faraday Partnership.
   http://www.technitex.org/about_us.aspx

» Yarn and Fabric Design and Analysis System in 3D Virtual Reality
   Technical paper introducing a 3D virtual reality fabric design system whereby yarn structural parameters are used to realistically model a fabric’s structure and predict its performance before it is made. Authors: Sabit Adanur and others.
   http://www.eng.auburn.edu/department/te/ntc/2000/adanur/I00A06.pdf