FRICTIONAL BEHAVIOR OF TEXTILE FABRICS .1. SLIDING PHENOMENA OF FABRICS ON METALLIC AND POLYMERIC SOLID-SURFACES

This paper presents experimental results on the sliding of fabrics on metallic and polymeric solid surfaces, showing the influence of the co mpression load at the solid-fabric interface and the nature of the sol id material, and the effect of sliding speed on the sliding friction c oefficient. At the same time, a physical description of the sliding ph enomenon is given. On the basis of these observations, a theoretical a pproach is developed to explain the sliding friction behavior of fabri cs on solid surfaces. Part IT will deal with the waving and stick-slip phenomena, which are evident in the sliding process under certain con ditions.