Scaling thermal and mechanical characteristics of woven honeycombs: A novel endeavor of simultaneous ridges and picking sequence variation

Abstract

This study provides structural versatility to textile fabrics, honeycombs woven structures, for tuning their thermal and mechanical properties. Six different honeycomb structures, single ridge, double ridge, and brighton honeycomb with two different picking sequences were engineered their thermal and mechanical characterizations i.e., dry fluids transmission, wet fluids management capabilities, heat retention properties, tensile strength, and puncture resistance, were evaluated. Increasing the number of axial and lateral yarn interlacement zones compromised dry fluid mobility, and heat retention capability by increasing material bulk and also the increase in bulk worked for about 15% enhancement in wet fluids management. Changing the picking sequence, from single pick to double pick, improved wet fluid management up to 20%. Honeycomb structures with higher interlacement and areal densities showed higher tensile properties and puncture resistance. The relevance of the analyzed experimental variables was also visualized using statistical analysis, with p-values less than 0.05 being considered significant.