PART 1 TYPES OF FIBROUS TEXTILES AND STRUCTURES

Natural and man-made fibres: physical properties
M de Araújo, University of Minho, Portugal
 - Introduction
 - Natural fibres
 - Man-made fibres
 - Textile fibres for use in civil engineering applications: an overview
 - Natural textile fibres for use in civil engineering applications
 - Synthetic textile fibres for use in civil engineering applications
 - Fibre-matrix adhesion
 - Sources of further information and advice
 - References

Yarns: Production, processability and properties
R Alagirusamy and A Das, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
 - Introduction
 - Synthetic filament yarns
 - Natural fibre yarns
 - Synthetic yarn manufacture
 - Natural fibre yarn manufacture
 - Yarn parameters on cement reinforcement
 - Conclusions
 - References

Textile structures
R Fangueiro and F Soutinho, University of Minho, Portugal
 - Introduction
 - Planar (2D) textile structures
 - Three-dimensional (3D) textile structures
 - Directionally oriented structures (DOS)
 - Hybrid structures
 - Sources of further information and advice
 - References