Effect of Silicone Inlaid Materials on Reinforcing Compressive Strength of Weft-Knitted Spacer Fabric for Cushioning Applications

Yu, Annie; Sukigara, Sachiko; Shirakihara, Miwa

doi:10.3390/polym13213645

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Effect of Silicone Inlaid Materials on Reinforcing Compressive Strength of Weft-Knitted Spacer Fabric for Cushioning Applications

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Annie Yu

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,

Sachiko Sukigara

and

Miwa Shirakihara

Faculty of Fiber Science and Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan

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Polymers 2021, 13(21), 3645; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13213645

Submission received: 5 October 2021 / Revised: 19 October 2021 / Accepted: 21 October 2021 / Published: 22 October 2021

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Textile Based Polymer Composites: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications)

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Spacer fabrics are commonly used as cushioning materials. They can be reinforced by using a knitting method to inlay materials into the connective layer which reinforces the structure of the fabric. The compression properties of three samples that were fabricated by inlaying three different types of silicone-based elastic tubes and one sample without inlaid material have been investigated. The mechanical properties of the elastic tubes were evaluated and their relationship to the compression properties of the inlaid spacer fabrics was analysed. The compression behaviour of the spacer fabrics at an initial compressive strain of 10% is not affected by the presence of the inlaid tubes. The Young’s modulus of the inlaid tubes shows a correlation with fabric compression. Amongst the inlaid fabric samples, the spacer fabric inlaid with highly elastic silicone foam tubes can absorb more compression energy, while that inlaid with silicone tubes of higher tensile strength has higher compressive stiffness.

Keywords: weft-knitted spacer fabric; cushioning; compression; tensile strength; silicone inlay; sandwich textile structure

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Yu, A.; Sukigara, S.; Shirakihara, M. Effect of Silicone Inlaid Materials on Reinforcing Compressive Strength of Weft-Knitted Spacer Fabric for Cushioning Applications. Polymers 2021, 13, 3645. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13213645

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Yu A, Sukigara S, Shirakihara M. Effect of Silicone Inlaid Materials on Reinforcing Compressive Strength of Weft-Knitted Spacer Fabric for Cushioning Applications. Polymers. 2021; 13(21):3645. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13213645

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Yu, Annie, Sachiko Sukigara, and Miwa Shirakihara. 2021. "Effect of Silicone Inlaid Materials on Reinforcing Compressive Strength of Weft-Knitted Spacer Fabric for Cushioning Applications" Polymers 13, no. 21: 3645. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13213645

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Yu, A., Sukigara, S., & Shirakihara, M. (2021). Effect of Silicone Inlaid Materials on Reinforcing Compressive Strength of Weft-Knitted Spacer Fabric for Cushioning Applications. Polymers, 13(21), 3645. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13213645

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