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320194 - TDP - Textiles for Product Design

Coordinating unit:

320 - EET - Terrassa School of Engineering

Teaching unit:

714 - ETP - Department of Textile and Paper Engineering

Academic year:

2015

Degree:

BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING

(Syllabus 2010). (Teaching unit Optional)

ECTS credits:

Teaching languages:

Catalan, Spanish

Teaching staff
Coordinator:

Carrera Galliss, Enrique

Others:

Rodriguez Sorig, Cristina

Teaching methodology
Sessions of theory
Sessions of practical work at class
Sessions of practical work at laboratory

Learning objectives of the subject

OE1: to have a general view of the possibilities that the textile materials and technologies for product design
OE2: to be capable to solve design problems with textile materials

Study load
Total learning time: 150h

Hours large group:

30h

20.00%

Hours small group:

30h

20.00%

Self study:

90h

60.00%

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Content

TOPIC 1. PROCESS OF DESIGN WITH TEXTILE

MATERIALS

Learning time: 15h

Theory classes: 6h
Self study : 9h

Description:
1.1. Estructura de la industria txtil
1.2. Textile fibres
1.3. Spinning
1.4. Fabrics and weaving
1.5. Knitwear and knitted
1.6. Nonwovens
1.7. Dyeing and finishing
1.8. Makeup

Specific objectives:
CE 22 TEX
CE 23 TEX
CE 24 TEX
CE 25 TEX
CE 26 TEX
CE 27 TEX

TOPIC 2. Fabric properties

Learning time: 135h

Theory classes: 81h
Laboratory classes: 54h

Description:
2.1. Structural properties
2.2. Functional properties
2.3. Tailorability and hand properties
Related activities:
1. Lab 1: Tensile strength tests
2. Lab 2: Tailorability test FAST
Specific objectives:
CE 27. TEX

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TEMA 3. Main applications of technical textiles

Learning time: 1h
Theory classes: 1h

Description:
Description of the main applications of technical textiles
Specific objectives:
CE 26 TEX
CE 27 TEX

Qualification system
1rst Exam: 30%
2nd Exam: 30%
Project Case: 40%
Bibliography
Basic:
El Mogahzy, Y.E. Engineering textiles: integrating the design and manufacture of textile products. Cambridge; Boca Raton:
Woodhead Publishing: CRC Press, 2009. ISBN 9781845690489.
Clarke, S.E.B.; O'Mahony, M. Techno textiles 2. London: Thames & Hudson, cop. 2005. ISBN 0500286841.
Wilson, Jacques. Handbook of textile design: principles, processes and practice. Boca Raton: Cambridge, UK: CRC Press;
Woodhead, 2001. ISBN 9781855735736.
Sinclair, Rose. Nou llibre. 1. Cambridge: Woodhead Publishing, 2015. ISBN 978-1-84569-931-4.
Horne, L.. Nou llibre. 1. Cambridge: Woodhead Publishing, 2011. ISBN 978-1-84569-538-5.
Roshan Shishoo. Nou llibre. 1. Woodhead Publishing, 2015. ISBN 978-1-78242-229-7.

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