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Testing of Functional and Technical Textiles

By Prof. Apurba Das   |   IIT Delhi
Learners enrolled: 606
The course in specially designed for PG students, teachers and professionals.Testing of functional and technical textile materials is an extremely important activity forproduction, product and process development, research and application.During selection of textile materials for their functional and technical applications the testing ofdifferent performance characteristics is necessary. To meet up the customer requirement,specification is very useful. In this concept, testing plays a vital role.In research and development field the evaluation of textile materials helps us to decide the nextroute. Research Institute, pilot plants can achieve process development through testing or exactinvestigation into better, cheaper and quicker methods.Certain standard level should be maintained to control the production process. By evaluation oftextile materials one can easily detect the faults of machinery and materials. Continuous test ofthe textiles results an enhanced and efficient output of the production.The course deals with the detailed testing methods and analysis of low stress mechanical andtransmission (heat and moisture) characteristics of functional textiles. Also, detail and specifictest methods of various technical textile materials, like extreme heat, fire and cold protectiveclothing, geotextiles, filter fabrics, fibre reinforced composites, electromagnetic shieldingtextiles, compression bandages, ballistic protective textiles, UV protective textiles, and analysisof test results have been discussed in details.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : UG and PG Students of Textile, Clothing andfashion technology, Material science etc.
PREREQUISITES : Basic courses on Textiles
Summary
Course Status : Completed
Course Type : Elective
Duration : 8 weeks
Category :
  • Textile Engineering
Credit Points : 2
Level : Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date : 20 Feb 2023
End Date : 14 Apr 2023
Enrollment Ends : 20 Feb 2023
Exam Registration Ends : 17 Mar 2023
Exam Date : 29 Apr 2023 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 : Objectives of Testing of Functional and Technical Textiles
Week 2 : Testing of Fabric Handle Characteristics Subjective assessment Objective assessment KESF and FAST methods Nozzle extraction principle
Week 3 : Testing of Transmission characteristics Moisture transmission (Vapour form and Liquid form)Thermal transmission,Testing of extreme heat, fire and cold protective clothing
Week 4 : Testing of extreme heat, fire and cold protective clothing
Week 5 : Testing of geotextiles, Testing of filter fabrics
Week 6 : Testing of fibre reinforced composites
Week 7 : Testing of fibre reinforced composites,Testing of electromagnetic shielding textiles, Testing of compression bandages
Week 8 : Testing of ballistic protective textiles, Testing of UV protective textiles, Special Testing for Nonwoven and Technical Textiles

Books and references

• 1. Physical Testing of Textiles by B. P. Saville, 1999,Woodhead Publishing Ltd., U. K.
• Principles of Textile Testing by J. E. Booth, 1961,Heywood Books, London
• Testing and Quality Management – Edited by V. K.Kothari, IAFL Publications, New Delhi
•. BIS, BS, ASTM and other standard methods of textiletesting
•. Science in Clothing Comfort, Apurba Das and R.Alagirusamy, Woodhead Publishing India Ltd., 2010.
•. K. Slater, The Thermal Behaviour of Textiles, Textile Progress, Vol. 8, No. 3, 1976.
•. K. Slater, Comfort Properties of Textiles, Textile Progress, Vol. 9, No. 4, 1977
•. Handbook of Technical Textiles, Edited by A R Horrocksand S C Anand, The Textile Institute, CRC Press
•. Wellington Sears Handbook of Technical Textiles, SabitAdanur, Technomic Publishing Co. Inc.
•. Handbook of fibre rope technology, H A McKenna, J WS Hearle and N O’Hear, The Textile Institute, CRC Press11. Online sources on testing of technical textiles

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: 
29 April 2023 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 6 assignments out of the total 8 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.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team


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