Technical Textiles

By Prof. Apurba Das | IIT Delhi

Learners enrolled: 1493

Technical textiles are defined as textile materials and products used primarily for their technical performance and functional properties rather than their aesthetic or decorative characteristics. This course targets the specific areas of technical textiles depending on the product characteristics, functional requirements and end-use applications. The learner at the end of the course will be able to appreciate the vast scope of technical textiles in various sectors of geotextiles, sports textiles, protective wear, textile reinforced composites, filter fabric, compression bandage, automotive textiles, UV protective textiles and nonwoven hygiene textiles.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : UG and PG Students of Textile, Clothing and fashion technology, Material science etc.

PREREQUISITES : Suitable of 4th Year UG Textile or PG Textile;Basic textile courses

INDUSTRIES SUPPORT : Not Applicable

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Textile Engineering
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	14 Sep 2020
End Date :	04 Dec 2020
Enrollment Ends :	25 Sep 2020
Exam Date :	20 Dec 2020 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1:Introduction to Technical Textiles

Week 2: Textile reinforced composites

Week 3:Textile reinforced composites

Week 4:Textile reinforced composites

Week 5:Filter Fabrics

Week 6:Geotextiles

Week 7: Extreme cold and heat protective clothing

Week 8:Extreme cold and heat protective clothing

Week 9: Sports Textiles;UV Protective Textiles

Week 10:Ballistic Protective Textiles

Week 11:Compression bandages

Week 12:Automotive Textiles;Nonwoven Hygiene Product

Books and references

i. Handbook of Technical Textiles by A.R. Horrocks and S. C. Anand

ii. Wellington Sears Hand book of Industrial Textiles by Sabit Adanur

iii. Fiber Reinforced Composites : Materials, Manufacturing and Design by P K Mallick

iv. Science of Compression Bandages by Bipin Kumar, Apurba Das and R Alagirusamy.

v. Protective Clothing by Faming Wang and Chuansi Gao

vi. Geotextiles by RM Koerner

vii. Textiles in Sport by R Shishoo

viii. Composite Nonwoven Materials by Dipayan Das and Behnam Pourdeyhimi

Instructor bio

Prof. Apurba Das

IIT Delhi

Prof. Apurba Das is Professor in the Department of Textile Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He has completed his Ph. D. from the same department in the year 1994. He has joined Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 2002 as a faculty after serving in the textile industries and in research organization for about 11 years.He has guided many Ph.D., M. Tech., B. Tech. students and presently guiding several Ph.D., M. Tech. and B. Tech. students.He has published more than 260 research papers in journals and conferences, authored and edited 05 books and written chapters in 18 books.He has successfully completed many research and consultancy projects from industries and government funding agencies. He has filed several patent applications. He has developed several instruments for characterization of textile materials.His main areas of teaching and research interest are clothing comfort, sports textiles,nonwovens and technical textiles, filter fabrics, geotextiles, medical bandage, textile composites, and instrumentation.He has international research collaborations with universities from different countrieslike, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Portugal, China, South Korea,Australia, UK, Hong Kong, Croatia etc.

Course certificate

• The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.

• The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).

• Date and Time of Exams: 20 December,2020, Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.

• Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

• The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.

• Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE:

• Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.

• Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

• Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75.

• If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

• Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Madras. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc

• Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.