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crimp: a standalone construct

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crimp1 CONSTRUCTFibre crimpBARACH · FIBRE CRIMP

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Textile physics

The natural waviness along a fibre

In textile physics, crimp is the waviness or three-dimensional curl built into a fibre along its length, strong in wool and engineered into manufactured fibres, and it governs how well fibres cohere into a yarn and how bulky, stretchy, and warm the resulting fabric is. Barach and Rainard's 1950 Effect of crimp on fiber behavior showed how crimp changes a fibre's apparent length, its response to tension, and its contribution to yarn structure. The referent is a geometric waviness of a textile fibre, measured as crimps per unit length or as the extension needed to pull it straight, and it has nothing to do with a climber's finger position beyond the shared word.[1]

Unit
Crimps per unit length, or percent extension to remove the waviness
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Counted as waves per centimetre, or found from the difference between crimped and straightened fibre length under light tension

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References

  1. Barach, J. L., & Rainard, L. W. (1950). Effect of crimp on fiber behavior. Textile Research Journal, 20(5), 308–316. https://doi.org/10.1177/004051755002000506

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