Authors:
Liu Yu-qing, Yu Wei-dong

Date of Publication:
2006

Publication:
Wool Textile Journal, 2006-08

Abstract:
The bending evaluation of the softness of single fiber is important information for both the basic investigation of fiber bending properties and the textile softness. A single fiber axial compression bending measurement is presented. The resistance to bending behavior of wool and alpaca fibers has been compared by a column buckling method. It shows that alpaca fibers have a much higher resistance to bending namely higher bending stiffness than wool and the softer feeling of alpaca fibers mainly due to the lower surface frictional resistance namely easy to slip between fibers.

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