Loughborough University
Browse
Acar06.pdf (1.84 MB)

Microstructural analysis of non-woven fabrics using scanning electron microscopy and image processing. Part 1: development and verification of the methods

Download (1.84 MB)
journal contribution
posted on 2009-04-23, 13:18 authored by E. Ghassemieh, Memis Acar, Hendrik Versteeg
This paper reports image analysis methods that have been developed to study the microstructural changes of non-wovens made by the hydroentanglement process. The validity of the image processing techniques has been ascertained by applying them to test images with known properties. The parameters in preprocessing of the scanning electron microscope (SEM) images used in image processing have been tested and optimized. The bre orientation distribution is estimated using fast Fourier transform (FFT) and Hough transform (HT) methods. The results obtained using these two methods are in good agreement. The HT method is more demanding in computational time compared with the Fourier transform (FT) method. However, the advantage of the HT method is that the actual orientation of the lines can be concluded directly from the result of the transform without the need for any further computation. The distribution of the length of the straight bre segments of the fabrics is evaluated by the HT method. The effect of curl of the bres on the result of this evaluation is shown.

History

School

  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Citation

GHASSEMIEH, E., AVAR, M. and VERSTEEG, H., 2002. Microstructural analysis of non-woven fabrics using scanning electron microscopy and image processing. Part 1: development and verification of the methods. Proceedings of the IMechE, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications, 216 (3), pp. 199-207

Publisher

© Professional Engineering Publishing

Version

  • VoR (Version of Record)

Publication date

2002

Notes

This is an article from the journal, Proceedings of the IMechE, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications [© Professional Engineering Publishing ]. It is also available at: http://journals.pepublishing.com/content/119775/?p=44f278ddf2c54be5bfc051be5cfcc66a&pi=0

ISSN

1464-4207

Language

  • en

Usage metrics

    Loughborough Publications

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC