PABNA TEXTILE ENGINEERING COLLEGE

Assignment on: Swelling

Submitted by-

Naimur Rahman Sabbir (P-201911009)

Submitted to-
Ridoy Khan Sony (P-201911010)
Chinmayee Roy Bonna (P-201911011)
Foriduzzaman Shohel (P-201911012) Md.Atiquzzaman
Md. Borhan Uddin(P-201911013) Lecturer
Deluar Hossain (P-201911015) Pabna Textile Engineering College, Pabna
Tamanna Santa(P-201911016)

Dept. of Yarn Engineering

Subject Name: Textile Physics
Sub Code: YE-209
Definition of Swelling of Fiber
---2018(L-2,T-2), 2016 (L-2,T-1), 2020 (L-2,
T-1)

When a fiber absorbs water, they change in dimensions, that

means, swelling is occurred in transversely (widthwise) and
axially (lengthwise). It may be expressed in terms of the
increase in diameter, area, length or volume.
 Types of Swelling
---2016(L-2,T-1), 2019(L-2,
T-1)
2018(L-2,T-2), 2020 (L-2,T-1)

The swelling of textile fiber may be expressed in terms of the increase

in diameter, area, length or volume.

There are four types---

1) Transverse diameter swelling
2) Transverse area swelling
3) Axial swelling
4) Volume swelling
Importance of swelling
---2016(L-2,
T-1)
i. Improve the absorption of dyes and chemicals.
ii. Increase the dimensional stability of the fabric.
iii. Due to swelling, the pores of closely interlaced woven fabric will be
completely blocked and they may produce water proof fabric.
iv. Improve fastness of dyed materials.
v. Elastic properties changed.
vi. Swelling is also an important factor in creeping, due to the increased
twist angle in a swollen yarn, and in drying and dyeing.
---2018 (L-2, T-2),2019 (L-2,
T-1),
2020 (L-2, T-1)
---2016(L-2,T-1)
Relation between swelling and relative
humidity ---2016(L-2,T-1)

The variation of swelling with humidity usually follows the

change of regain, with hysteresis showing between swelling
and humidity. Typical curves are shown in fig-2 -
Fig-2
Fig-3
Figure-3 Length changes in merino wool fibers; (a) variation of length in
absorption and desorption; (b) hysteresis between length change and regain.
Mackay and Downes found that single wool fibers can show a maximum
length between 75 and 85% r.h., as in Fig. 3(a). They also found hysteresis
between length swelling and regain, as shown in Figure 3(b); Treloar found
a similar result for horsehair.
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