Textile & Metal Reinforcement of Elastomers
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The official GTU curriculum for Textile & Metal Reinforcement of Elastomers (subject code 2152603) as prescribed for Rubber · Semester 5 divides the course into 12 units, covering 80 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2152603)Unit 1 General Introduction
- Classification of Textiles
- Textile terms & Definitions
- Fiber Properties
- Fiber Morphology
- Property requirements of yarns for industrial uses
- Production of textile yarns & cords
- Textile & rubber composites
- Production & properties of textile
- Production methods for textile fibers: Cotton
- General chemical & physical properties of textile fibers: Cotton
Unit 2 Preparation & Design of Textile Structures
- Production of single end reinforcements
- Fabric production
- Non-woven fabrics
- The design of woven fabric
Unit 3 Textile Processing
- Basic principles of adhesion
- Method of achieving adhesion between textile and rubber
- Adhesion test methods
- Coating of textiles with rubber compounds
- Latex proofing
- Coating of steel cords, etc
Unit 4 Basic Properties of Fiber & Fiber Testing
- Moisture content & moisture regain
- Bearing strength
- Part load elongation
- Impact strength
- Chemical & Physical Properties
Unit 5 Rubber-Fiber Composites
- Fiber handling & compounding with Rubber
- Properties & examples of application
- Applications in rubber of santoweb short-fibers
- Enhancement of rubber properties via short kevlar aramid fibers
- Extrusion of short fiber reinforced rubber
- Fibrous magnesium silicate as a high volume & high modulus reinforcing filler in rubber composites
Unit 6 Short-Fiber Rubber Composites
- Advantages in comparison to cord reinforcement
- Comparison with fiber reinforced plastics
- Literature review
- Fibrous materials
- Short-Fiber Composite concepts
- Composite structure
- Interfacial region
- Theory of reinforcement with short(Discontinuous) fibers
- Mechanics of complex distributions
- Short-fiber Reinforcing materials
- Processing methods
- Properties & performance
- Design & applications
Unit 7 Heat Setting & Adhesive Treatment
- Heat setting machinery
- Heat setting
- Adhesive treatments
- The In-Situ bonding systems
- Effects of rubber compounding ingredients
- Mechanisms of adhesion
- Environmental factors affecting adhesion
Unit 8 Peel Performance & Other Assessment of Textiles
- The static of peeling
- Peeling as a visco-elastic process
- Standard test procedure for peel strength
- Non-standard methods of assessing results of peel tests
- Peel tests involving heavy duty fabrics & multi-ply constructions
- Peel tests involving light weight coating of fabrics
- Peeling by dead-weight loading
- Direct tension testing of rubber to fabric adhesion
- Ballistic methods of testing rubber to fabric adhesion
- Pull-out tests for cord adhesion
- Adhesion in fatigue testing
- Assessment of penetration of adhesive into textile
Unit 9 Surface Treatment for Metal
- Corona discharge
- Acid etching
- Plasma treatment & other methods
Unit 10 Adhesion, Corrosion and Staining
- Adhesion to metals
- Adhesion to fabrics
- Adhesion to cord
- Corrosion of, and adhesion to metals
Unit 11 Rubber to Metal Bonding
- Elements of rubber to metal system
- Mechanical and chemical treatment
- Application methods of rubber to metal bonding agent
- Metal cleaning
- Surface treatment
- Rubber to metal assemblies
- Manufacturing methods
- Insert moulding
- Problem solving in rubber to metal bonding
Unit 12 Wet blast preparation and the subsequent phosphating process and related equipment
- Advantages and Other benefits
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