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Knitwear Engineering

Knitwear Engineering

Code	9572
Year	1
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	T(30H)/TP(30H)
Scientific area	Ciência e Tecnologia Têxteis
Mode of delivery	Face to face.
Learning outcomes	Knowledge acquisitionin the non-conventional knitting area. thecniques construction and concepts related with the knitting structures performance.Elaboration of a development and construction knitting structures project. The studant mus be able to adquire knowledge in the knitting structures area and thecnologies production; must be able to produce a knitting structure to a specific application and with an appropriate behaviour and also ability to apply multidisciplinary knowledges in the development of a knitt structure project, with new informatique systems, for example.
Syllabus	1.Introduction 2.Conventional knitting structures: principal concepts revision. 3.Non-conventional knitting structures 3.1Functional structures 3.2Tridimensional structures 3.3Multiaxials structures 4.New knitting thecnologies 5. Knitting geometrical properties 6.Principal and tipical knittings applications 7.Development and construction of a knitting structures project
Main Bibliography	1. Geraldes, M.J.,"Experimental Analyses of the thermal comfort in functional knitting structures in the wet state", PhD Thesis, Minho University, Braga, Portugal, 2000. 1.A.,M.,Fangueiro,R.,Hong,H.,"Technical Textiles - The Future Materials" 1.Ly,Y., "Sensory Engineering of Knitting Products", in Proceedings of the Textile Institute 82nd World Conference, Cairo, Egipt, 2002. 2.Araújo,M., "Warp Knitting Manual". D.G.I., 1986. 2.Geraldes, M.J.,"Knitting Structures", Beira Interior University, Covilhã, Portugal, 2003.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.