TY - JOUR
T1 - Analysis of Structure and Bending Behavior of Quasi-Three-Dimensional Spacer Fabric Composite by Three-point Bending Tests
AU - Zhaoqun Du, Wei-Dong Yu, Hui Mao, Hua Shen, Xu-Chun Zhou & Gang Zheng
JO - Journal of Fiber Bioengineering and Informatics
VL - 3
SP - 130
EP - 136
PY - 2010
DA - 2010/03
SN - 3
DO - http://doi.org/10.3993/jfbi12
UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jfbi/4958.html
KW - Quasi-three-point bending
KW - flexural property
KW - glass fiber
KW - knitted
KW - woven
AB - Glass-fiber fabric composites are widely used in various applications. Its usage is largely determined by the bending behaviour of 
fabric composites in through-thickness direction. In this work we have selected three types of quasi three spacer fabric made of 
glass fibres to analyze their structure and conduct bending experiments. The surface morphology in up, back and side views, as 
well as weaving/knitting structure were also observed. It exhibited that there existed much static atmosphere within fabric 
composite for a high porous structure. Moreover, the three-points bending properties were also measured by Instron tester. The 
bending load and deflection curve of fabric composite were obtained. The Typical Bending Stress and Strain Curves were 
calculated and studied for biaxial spacer weft-knitted fabric (named as sample #1), tuck stitch spacer warp-knitted fabric (sample 
#2) and spacer woven fabric composite (sample #3). The testing results show that sample #1 had the highest indexes in bending 
stiffness, maximum bending stress and maximum bending load, followed by Samples #2 and #3. This can be attributed to the 
yarn's orientation in fabric composite, i.e., the yarn's crimp shape in thickness direction.