TX4151 Polymer and Fibre Physics Syllabus:

TX4151 Polymer and Fibre Physics Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

To enable the students to learn about
 Fibre forming polymer characteristics and their related models and models describing fibre structure.
 Conducting of experiments to characterize the polymers and fibres

UNIT I BASIC CONCEPTS

Synthetic fibre forming polymers, definition, terms and fundamental concepts of polymerization; molecular architecture in polymers-configuration and conformation, molecular weight and its influence on fibre formation

UNIT II POLYMER PROPERTIES

Glass transition temperature (Tg), factors affecting Tg, WLF equation; rubber elasticity; melting and crystallization, polymer solutions- solubility parameter and its significance to fibre spinning.

UNIT III FLUID FLOW AND MASS TRANSFER

Newton’s law of viscosity, velocity distribution in flow systems Newtonian and nonnewtonian fluids; mass transfer operations: Fick’s law of diffusion, solid-liquid extraction and drying operations with application to polymer chips.

UNIT IV VISCOELASTICITY

Deformation of elastic solid, viscoelasticity and its measurement, non-linear viscoelasticity, yield behavior of solids and breaking phenomena

UNIT V PROPERTIES OF FIBRES

Mechanical properties of natural and synthetic fibres; moisture sorption behavior of natural and synthetic fibres; Thermal, Frictional and optical properties of fibres

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

COURSE OUTCOMES:

Upon completion of this course, the student shall
CO1: Be able to understand the synthesis of polymers
CO2: Be able to correlate the properties of polymers
CO3: Be able to understand rheological characteristics
CO4: Know about viscoelastic behavior of polymers
CO5: Be able to correlate the properties of fiber

REFERENCES:

1. Billmeyer, “Textbooks of Polymer Science”, 3rd ed., Wiley, 1984.
2. Sperling, “Introduction to Physical Polymer Science”, Wiley, 1986.
3. Odian, “Principle of Polymerization”, 3rd ed., Wiley, 1991
4. Gordon, “High Polymers”, Addision-Wesley, 1963.
5. Gupta.V.B. and Kothari V.K., “Man Made Fibre Production”, Chapman and Hall, 1985
6. Kothari V.K., “Textile Fibres: Developments and innovations”, IAFL Publication, 2000
7. Hongu T. and Philips G., “New Fibres”, Wood Head Publishing Ltd,1997
8. Xiangwu Zhang, “Fundamentals of Fiber Science”, DEStech Publications, Inc, 2014
9. Donald G. Baird, Dimitris I. Collias, “Polymer Processing: Principles and Design”, Wiley Edition, 2014.
10. Walczak Z.K., “Processes of Fiber formation”, Elsevier Science,2002.
11. V R Gowariker., NV Viswanathan.,Jayadev Sreedhar.,“Polymer science”., New age International Publishers, 2020