Tensile and Tearing Properties of Newly Developed Structural Denim Fabrics after Abrasion

The aim of this study was to assess the tensile and tearing properties of newly developed structural denim fabrics after an abrasion load and to compare them with those of traditional denim fabric. The fabrics developed were designed as large and small structural pattern and traditional denim fabric. All the denim fabrics were first abraded, and later tensile and tearing tests were performed on them seperately. The tensile properties of the abraded large structural pattern denim fabrics were generally inferior to those of the small structural pattern and traditional denim fabric. When the abrasion cycles were increased, the tensile properties of all the denim fabrics generally decreased. The weft directional tearing strength of the small structural pattern denim fabric was significantly higher than that of the traditional and large structural pattern denim fabrics. When the abrasion cycles were increased, the tearing properties in the weft and warp of all the denim fabrics generally decreased.