Hydroentanglement is a mechanical bonding process designed to produce nonwoven fabrics with
appearances and textures that resemble woven and knitted fabrics. Eleven samples of hydroentangled
nonwoven fabrics with different compositions and weights were subjected to a series of uniaxial stress-
strain tests. Models, ranging from the simple Kelvin to the more complicated Kelvin–Vangheluwe, were
fitted to the experimental data to find a generalized and universal model. In this model, a nonwoven fabric
was considered a nonlinear viscoelastic material. The combination of Kelvin and Vangheluwe models
resulted in an excellent fit to the uniaxial stress-strain curves. The model-predicted results almost
overlapped with the experimental data, an indication of its excellent accuracy in predicting the mechanical
behavior of nonwoven fabrics.

Title

Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research

Publisher

Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research.

Publisher Country

Greece

Indexing

Scopus

Impact Factor

None

Publication Type

Prtinted only

Volume

10

Year

2024

Pages

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