INVESTIGATION OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FABRICS WOVEN WITH TENCEL/ COTTON BLEND YARNS

This study aims to investigate mechanical propertiesof woven fabrics made from 100 % Tencel, combed cotton yarns and Tencel-cottonblended yarns with different blend ratios. For this purpose, the tensileproperties, tearing strength, abrasion resistance, bending rigidity, drapability and wrinkle resistant propertiesof woven fabrics made from differentratios of Tencel and cotton yarns were tested. All the tests were carried outaccording to the standards, and the results obtained were assessed by means ofSPSS statistical analysis program. The analyses of variance were carried out at5% (0.05) level of significance.The resultsof the study show that the effects of the proportion of the Tencel fibres inthe Tencel/cotton blended yarns on the tensile properties, tearing strength,abrasion resistance, bending rigidity and drape coefficient of wovenfabrics are of statistical significance, and it was found that the tensileproperties, tearing strength and drapability properties were observed to be improvewith the increase of Tencel fibre proportion in the blend.