33—THE STRUCTURE, TENSILE PROPERTIES, AND MORPHOLOGY OF FAILURE OF WRAPPED YARNS

Abstract

An investigation is described in which several wrapped yarns were spun from 100% polyester staple fibre with different continuous-filament yarns in a wide range of wrapping densities. The tensile properties of the wrapped yarns were studied, and the effects of the linear density of the continuous filament yarn and the wrapping density on the yarn structure and tensile properties were investigated. The morphology of the yarn failure during tensile testing was studied by photographing the yarn during extension. The yarn structure for the different continuous-filament-yarn wraps was examined by scanning electron microscopy. The study illustrates the effect of the wrapping filaments on yarn structure, yarn tensile properties, and the mechanism of failure during extension. The effect of the wrapping continuous-filament, yarn on yarn characteristics was found to be the predominant factor'.