COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TECHNICAL TEXTILES II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TKS 4036 TECHNICAL TEXTILES II ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Textile Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AYSUN AKŞIT

Offered to

Textile Engineering

Course Objective

Course objective is to give information about technical fabric structures, finishing techniques and smart garments for technical and medical applications.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To get information about geotextiles, conveyor belts, textile composites, ropes with small diameters and braiding.
2   To get information about medical textiles and smart garments.
3   To know the finishing techniques which are used for technical textiles such as protective garments and military garments.
4   To distinguish the developments and application areas of technical textiles.
5   To adapt the information about technical textiles to individual working areas.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Declaration and selection of projects about technical textiles
2 Technical fabric structures- ropes and braiding technologies
3 Technical fabric structures- multiaxial weaving and hibrid fabrics and layers
4 Technical fabric structures- spacer weaving and fabrics, 3 dimensional woven fabrics
5 Technical fabric structures- bulky structures
6 Technical fabric structures-composite fabrics
7 First Midterm exam
8 Technical fabric structures-medical textiles
9 Finishing techniques of technical textiles- coating and lamination techniques (water repellency, waterproofness, water vapor permeability)
10 Finishing techniques of technical textiles- modification of technical textiles (plasma polimerization, sol-gel coating, microcapsulation)
11 Finishing techniques of technical textiles- functional finishes (antibacterial, thermal protective etc.)
12 Confection of technical fabrics-smart garments and designing possibilities
13 Smart garments with electronic components (military clothes, medical garments etc.)
14 Students' project representations

Recomended or Required Reading

1. New Fibers, T.Hongu, G.O. Philips, Elis Horword, UK,1990
2-Interactive Electronic Textiles,PhD Thesis, D.Meoli, North carolina State University, USA, 2002.
3-Welligton Sears Handbook of Industial Textiles, sabit Adanur, (ed.), WoodheadP.Limited, UK,1995.
4- Handbook of technical Textiles, A.R.Horrocks (ed.), Woodhead P.Limited, UK, 2000
5-I.Uluslararası Teknik Tekstiller Kongresi Bildiri Kitabı, Sevil Yeşilpınar (ed.),Merih Sarıışık (ed.), Gülseren Karabay (ed.), Ayşe Çelik (ed.),Dokuz Eylül ÜniversitesiMatbaası, 441- 194-8 Izmir, 2002
6-II. Uluslararası Teknik Tekstiller Kongresi Bildiri Kitabı, Merih Sarıışık (ed.), Gülseren Karabay (ed.), Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Matbaası, 441- 224-3, Izmir, 2002
7- Performance of Protective Clothing, Jeffrey O.,Stull, Arthur D.,Scwope, SixthVolume, USA,1997.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation and lectures are used as learning and teaching strategies.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRJ PROJECT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + PRJ * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + PRJ * 0.25 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The representations which are made by the lecturer are assessed by the exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Aysun AKŞIT
Dokuz Eylul University
Deparment of Textile Engineering
Tel:+90-232-3017732
aysun.cireli@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 13.30-13.50
Wednesday 10.30-12.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Tutorials 2 2 4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 25 25
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 87

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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