The Maliwatt machine interlaces a web of fibres with a sewing thread, giving the effect of parallel seams.
In adhesive bonding, fabrics are made by forming a web of fibres, applying an adhesive, then drying and curing the adhesive.
Not for the last time, the expectations raised by international telecommunications were disappointed.Two centuries on, the towers, panels and flagpoles have been replaced by an international web of fibre-optic links, undersea cables, powerful routing and switching computers, mobile-phone basestations, and a plethora of telephones, computers and other devices, both wired and wireless.
Research on atmospheric pressure plasma treated nonwovens shows that tensile properties are dependent on the severity of the treatment and the inherent properties of fabric such as the degree of entanglement of fibres, fibre-to-fibre frictional contact, laying of fibers in the web structure and the individual strength of fibers.
In addition, 3D webs of vWF-platelet fibres transversed the lumen, further perturbing blood flow.
Seventeen years ago Wired published Neal Stephenson's magisterial epic "Mother Earth Mother Board", about the web of undersea fibre-optic cables being built to connect all of humanity.
The addition of fibres enhances the behaviour of structures at both serviceability limit state (durability, cracking, deformation) and ultimate limit state (bearing capacity and ductility), allowing in many cases to replace, totally or partially, the web reinforcement.
No bundles of fibres for either of the fibre types, but only single fibres were found.
A method of press forming nonwoven webs with drawable fibres is mentioned.
This includes an historical part in connection with glider technology, the presentation of relevant S N curves not only for the 0°-orientated fibres representing the spar cap but also for ±45°-lay-ups in shear web and shell, the influence of fibre content and architecture, of environmental effects, a view on lifetime prediction on structural elements as well as on present and future work.
