Development of an Experimental Method to Measure Fiber Bundle Friction

Tuesday, January 7, 2014: 2:00 PM
Galerie 4 (New Orleans Marriott)
Farzad Hosseinali , Biological & Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University
Alex Thomasson , Texas A&M University
Yufeng Ge , Biological & Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University
In order to investigate the coefficient of friction of fiber bundle, an attachment for tensile tester machine is designed and built. This attachment allows us to measure the static and kinetic coefficient of friction of a fiber bundle based on ASTM D1894 or ISO 8295: 2004 standards.