Textile technology

1B4_0153_ TIME-DEPENDENT CALCULATION OF THE VELOCITY OF A YARN LAUNCHED BY THE MAIN NOZZLE OF AN AIR-JET LOOM

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Abstract

In air-jet weaving looms the yarn is initially accelerated by the main nozzle. To obtain a high yarn velocity a high air velocity is required which results in complex flow patterns. Consequently, predicting the influence of a change in geometry or inlet pressure on the yarn velocity is not straightforward. In this research a fast time-dependent fluid-structure interaction framework is used to model the acceleration of a yarn during launch. Initially, the performance of the framework is assessed by considering a smooth monofilament yarn. A suggestion is also madeand tested to deal with the surface texture of hairy/multifilament yarns.

Keywords: air-jet weaving, main nozzle, computational fluid dynamics, fluid-structure interaction

How to Cite: Delcour, L. , Peeters, J. , Van Langenhove, L. & Degroote, J. (2019) “1B4_0153_ TIME-DEPENDENT CALCULATION OF THE VELOCITY OF A YARN LAUNCHED BY THE MAIN NOZZLE OF AN AIR-JET LOOM”, Proceedings of the 19th World Textile Conference - Autex 2019.(0).