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A feasibility study on use of banana fabrics in footwear production as upper material

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Title A feasibility study on use of banana fabrics in footwear production as upper material
 
Creator Murali, Rajesh Chengamchetty
Kumaresan, Ambika
Gunasekaran, Bharathkumar
Aaron, Kavati Phebe
Kaliappa, Krishnaraj
 
Subject Banana fibre shoes
Combination products
Cow nubuck leather
Footwear production
Goat nubuck leather
Natural fibres
 
Description 373-379
The purpose of this research is to evaluate the physical, comfort, structural and thermal properties of banana fabrics for their suitable use with cow nubuck and goat nubuck leather in footwear applications. It is observed that all these fabrics have mechanical properties comparable to those of cow nubuck and goat nubuck leather. The tensile strength of the banana fabric is sufficiently higher than that of cow nubuck and goat nubuck leather. Cow nubuck leather, on the other hand, outperforms all other fabrics in terms of percentage elongation. Scanning electron microscopic examination gives solid proof of the banana fabrics’ distinctive fibre pattern in each fibre bundle (yarn) as well as their composition. The banana fabric has greater thermal stability than cow nubuck leather. The results of this investigation indicate that the chosen banana fabrics can be used to create footwear.
 
Date 2024-02-15T08:48:19Z
2024-02-15T08:48:19Z
2023-12
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1025 (Online); 0971-0426 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/63327
https://doi.org/10.56042/ijftr.v48i4.7636
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJFTR Vol.48(4) [December 2023]