Advances in 3D Textiles

1 Introduction: Advances in 3D textiles John Hearle, Emeritus Professor of Textile Technology, University of Manchester, UK Part One 3D Woven textiles 2 Solid 3D woven textiles and composites A. Bogdanovich, NCSU, USA 3 Hollow 3D woven textiles X. Chen, University of Manchester, UK 4 Shell 3D woven textiles A. Busgen, HochschuleNiederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Germany 5 Nodal 3D woven textiles L. Taylor, University of Manchester, UK

Part Two 3D knitted, braided and nonwoven textiles 6 3D knitted textiles H. Hu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong 7 3D braided textiles F. Ko, UBC, Canada 8 Developments in 3D nonwoven textiles H. Gong, University of Manchester, UK

Part Three 3D textiles for industrial applications 9 3D fibre preforms for composite reinforcement A. Islam, Bally Ribbon Mills, USA 10 3D textiles in the automotive industry F. Boussu, University of Lille, France 11 3D textiles in the aerospace industry A. Prichard, Prichard Consulting LLC, USA 12 3D fabrics as medical textiles S. Eriksson and L. Sandsjo, University of Boras and MedTech West, Sweden 13 3D textiles for protective clothing D. Sun, University of Manchester, UK 14 3D textiles for sports and recreational clothing Y.-S. Gloy, RWTH Aachen, Germany

Dr Xiaogang Chen obtained his PhD in Textile Engineering from the University of Leeds in 1991. He is currently a reader in technical textiles in the School of Materials, The University of Manchester. In the field of modelling, he worked on mathematical models leading to the creation of CAD software for 2D and 3D woven fabrics. He also researched into geometric and mechanical modelling of textiles for engineering technical textiles. He has applied his modelling approach into the prediction of textile behaviour in energy absorption, fluid filtration, textile composites and ballistic protection.