PERFORMANCE PROPERTIES OF THREAD SEAMS OF KNITTED-BASED MEMBRANE MATERIALS

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the strength and wear resistance of thread seams of membrane materials on a knitted basis. The characteristics of the composite membrane three-layer material are given and the modes of its stitching and the test method are substantiated. Investigations of material cutting through with a needle were carried out and the geometry of the sewing needle point was chosen. The results of the study of the strength of thread seams made along of the front layer of the material before and after modelling the operational tensile loads along and across the seam are presented. 15000 load-unload cycles were simulated, stretching the sample by 10 % of the seam length. As a result of a full factorial experiment, it was found that the linear density of the threads and the diameter of the needle have the greatest effect on the strength and wear resistance of the thread seams of the composite material. The influence of the sewing frequency is ambiguous for the parameter of the wear resistance of the seam when stretched along and across the line.