Inorganic and Composite Fibers. Production, Properties, and Applications. The Textile Institute Book Series

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

Part I: Carbon-based Fibers 2. Carbon fibers 3. Preox fibers 4. Carbon nanotubes 5. Graphene 6. Silicon carbide fibers

Part II: Metaloxid-based fibers 7. Glass fibers 8. Mineral and ceramic fibers 9. Basalt fibers

Part III: Metal-based fibers 10. Metal fibers-steel and copper 11. Metal coated fibers-silver and gold 12. Nitinol

Part IV: Composite fibers 13. Cellulosic-based composite fibers 14. Electrospun composites

Part V: Structural Health Monitoring of processes related to composite manufacturing 20. Weaving Process 21. Stamping Process Supervision 22. Infusion Process Supervision

Authors

Boris Mahltig Department of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Hochschule Niederrhein, Monchengladbach, Germany. Dr Boris Mahltig is an expert in functionalization, finishing and composite fibres, based at the Faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology, Niederrhein University. He has many years of research and teaching experience in the area of high performance fibers. He has more than 110 publications in textiles. Yordan Kyosev Professor of Textile Materials, Textile Technology and Quality Management, Faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology, Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Yordan Kyosev is the Head of the Chair of Assembly Technology for Textile Products, and Professor at the Institute of Textile Machinery and High-Performance Material Technology at Technische Universitat Dresden, Germany. He is the main developer of the world's first CAD braiding software packages TexMind Braider and Texmind Braiding Machine Configurator, and provides regular industrial courses and consulting for braiding (www.texmind.com). He was also the main organizer of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Braiding Colloquiums in Möchengladbach (2014, 2016, 2018). His research focuses on advanced modelling and processing methods for high performance textiles, and he is seen as a leading expert in braiding machinery and technology worldwide.