Influence of tubular braid’s structures on wicking behaviours: an experimental investigation

Ghamkhar, G, Arianpour, M and Bodaghi, M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0707-944X, 2023. Influence of tubular braid’s structures on wicking behaviours: an experimental investigation. Fibers and Polymers, 24 (8), pp. 2941-2949. ISSN 1229-9197

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Abstract

Avoiding wicking in a suture to recover the wound and avoid infection is critical. In this paper, the capillary rise method is applied to evaluate the wicking property of tubular braided structures. Effects of the tubular braid’s structural parameters, namely braid angle, interlacement pattern, structural axis, and the position of the yarns parallel to the axis are investigated. The results indicate that with the increase in braid angle, the wicking height descends and has the greatest effect on the wicking property among the studied parameters. It is also observed that under the same braid angle, the wicking height of the Two over Two braid is larger than the regular braid. Moreover, the presence of core yarns in a braided structure increases the wicking height. Among the studied parameters, the structural axis does not have a significant effect on this behavior. The results of statistical study confirm the experimental data and show that it is better to use biaxial braided structures with a regular pattern in the production of braided sutures. This work not only examines some factors effect on a vital feature of the braided suture but also underlines the importance of choosing the braid suture.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Fibers and Polymers
Creators:	Ghamkhar, G., Arianpour, M. and Bodaghi, M.
Publisher:	Springer
Date:	August 2023
Volume:	24
Number:	8
ISSN:	1229-9197
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1007/s12221-023-00260-2 DOI 1791826 Other
Rights:	This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Science and Technology
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	29 Aug 2023 08:13
Last Modified:	29 Aug 2023 08:13
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/49616

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