Textile Materials for Lightweight Constructions

Prof. Dr.-Ing habil. Dipl.-Wirt. Ing. Chokri Cherif graduated in Mechanical Engineering from RWTH Aachen, specializing in Textile Engineering. He obtained his doctorate in 1998, followed by his habilitation in 2001, both from RWTH Aachen. During his ensuing employment in the industry at Rieter Ingolstadt Spinnereimaschinenbau AG, he held several high-responsibility positions, e.g. as Head of Development and Construction, and as a member of the company management board, Business Unit “Draw frame”. Since October 2005, Professor Cherif has been Director of the Institute of Textile Machinery and High- Performance Material Technology (ITM) at TU Dresden, also holding the professorship for Textile Technology at ITM. Currently, Professor Cherif is involved in several large-scale projects (e.g. SFB 639, Initiatives of Excellence of the Free State of Saxony “ECEMP”, EU projects, Federal Initiatives of Excellence, “Zwanzig20” Initiatives of the Federal Ministry of Research and Technology). Professor Cherif has authored more than 750 scientific publications and more than 100 patents.

• Preface.- Acknowledgment.- Introduction.- The Textile Process.- Chain and Classification of Textile Semi-finished Products.- Textile Fiber Materials.- Yarn Constructions and Yarn Formation Techniques.- Woven Semi-Finished Products and Weaving Techniques.- Semi-Finished Weft Knitted Fabrics and Weft Knitting Techniques.- Warp-knitted Semi-finished Products and Warp-Knitting Technologies.- Braided Semi-Finished Products and Braiding Techniques.- Nonwoven Semi-finished products and Nonwoven Production Technology.- Embroidered Semi-finished Products and Embroidery Techniques.- Pre-impregnated Textile Semi-Finished Products (Prepregs).- Ready-made Technologies for Fiber-reinforced Plastic Composites.- Textile Finishing and Finishing Technologies.- Textile Testing Methods, Modeling and Simulation.- Processing Aspects and Sample Applications.