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Materials for Fashion

Materials for Fashion

Code	12743
Year	1
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	PL(30H)/T(30H)/TP(15H)
Scientific area	Ciência e Tecnologia Têxteis
Entry requirements	Does not apply.
Learning outcomes	1.Compare properties of diverse fibres. 2.Relate these properties to the performance of materials in several applications. 3.Analyse labels (fibrous composition; maintenance). 4.Promote an attitude of curiosity about materials. 5.Characterize and compare diverse types of nonwoven materials. 1.Forecast the behavior of fibres in several applications and propose fibrous compositions in function of specific applications. 2.Able to research and analyse technical information about textile materials commercially available. 3.Identify unknown textile fibres. 4.Make labels of fibrous composition and products maintenance according to legal and technical criteria. 5.Questionning the personal experience of using textile materials, analyzing labels of the owned products. 6.Compare and forecast the performance of nonwoven materials in several applications and select materials well adapted to a specific application.
Syllabus	1.Introduction: Classification of textile fibres; world data production of fibres 2.Caracterization of the properties of textile fibres 3.Natural textile fibres 4.Technologies to produce man-made fibres 5.Man-made textile fibres 6.Fibres for a sustainable fashion 7.High-Technologic fibres 8.High-Performance fibres 9.Experimental identification of fibres 10.Mixtures of fibres 11.Labeling for fibrous composition and products maintenance 12.Aplication of fibres: case studies 13.Nonwoven material and tehnologies 14.Elementar comparison of diverse types of textile materials (yarns, wovens, knits, nonwovens…)
Main Bibliography	•Textile Science (1993), Kathryn L. Hatch, ed. West Publishing Company. •Fabric for Fashion (2014), Clive Hallett and Amanda Johnston, Laurence King Pyblishing •Identification of Textile Materials (1975); 7th ed. The Textile Inst. •Manual de Engenharia Têxtil, Vol. I (1986); Mário de Araújo e E. M. de Melo e Castro, ed. Fund. Calouste Gulbenkian. •Wool: Science and Technology (2002); Ed. By S.W. Simpson and G. Crawshaw, The Textile Inst. •Silk, mohair, casmere and other luxury fibres (2001); Ed. by R.R. Franck, The Textile Inst. •Cotton (1987); John M. Munro, 2nd Ed.Longman Scientific & Technical. •Bast and other plant fibres (2004); Ed. By R.R. Franck, The Textile Inst. •Biodegradable and sustainable fibres (2005); R.S. Blackburn, The Textile Inst. •Regenerated cellulose fibres, Ed. by C. Woodings, 2001. •Synthetic fibres (2004); Ed. By J.E. McIntyre, University of Leeds – UK. •Microscopy of Textile Fibres (1995), P.H. Greaves and B.P. Saville, BIOS Scientific Publishers Lim.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.