Influence of water on the short and long term mechanical behaviour of polyamide 6 (nylon) fibres and yarns

Adamson MJ (1980) Thermal expansion and swelling of cured epoxy resin used in graphite/epoxy composite materials. J Mater Sci 15(7):1736–1745

Arhant M, Le Gac P-Y, Le Gall M, Burtin C, Briançon C, Davies P (2016) Modelling the non Fickian water absorption in polyamide 6. Polym Degrad Stab 133:404–412

Bernstein R, Derzon DK, Gillen KT (2005) Nylon 6.6 accelerated aging studies: thermal–oxidative degradation and its interaction with hydrolysis. Polym Degrad Stab 88(3):480–488

Boukal I (1967) Effect of water on the mechanism of deformation of nylon 6. J Appl Polym Sci 11(8):1483–1494

Broudin M et al (2015a) Moisture sorption in polyamide 6.6: experimental investigation and comparison to four physical-based models. Polym Test 43:10–20

Broudin M et al (2015b) Water diffusivity in PA66: experimental characterization and modeling based on free volume theory. Eur Polym J 67:326–334

Bunsell AR (2009) Handbook of tensile properties of textile and technical fibres. Woodhead Publishers, Cambridge, England

Chailleux E, Davies P (2003) Modelling the non-linear viscoelastic and viscoplastic behaviour of aramid fibre yarns. Mech Time Depend Mater 7(3–4):291–303

Chailleux E, Davies P (2005) A non-linear viscoelastic viscoplastic model for the behaviour of polyester fibres. Mech Time Depend Mater 9(2–3):147–160

Deopura BL, Alagirusamy R, Joshi M, Gupta B (2008) Polyesters and polyamides. Woodhead Publishers, Cambridge, England

Fotheringham DG, Cherry BW (1978) The role of recovery forces in the deformation of linear polyethylene. J Mater Sci 13(5):951–964

Hollies NRS, Kaessinger MM, Watson BS, Bogaty H (1957) Water transport mechanisms in textile materials: Part II: Capillary-type penetration in yarns and fabrics. Part II: Capillary-type penetration in yarns and fabrics. Text Res J 27(1):8–13

Hunt DG, Darlington MW (1978) Accurate measurement of creep of nylon-6,6 at constant temperature and humidity. Polymer 19(8):977–983

Hunt DG, Darlington MW (1979) Prediction of creep of nylon-6,6 at constant stress, temperature and moisture content. Polymer 20(2):241–246

Hunt DG, Darlington MW (1980) Creep of nylon-6,6 during concurrent moisture changes. Polymer 21(5):502–508

Kawasaki K, Sekita Y, Kanou K (1962) The extension of nylon 6 as a function of the extent and nature of sorbed water. J Colloid Sci 17(9):865–871

Kelley FN, Bueche F (1961) Viscosity and glass temperature relations for polymer-diluent systems. J Polym Sci 50(154):549–556

Launay A, Marco Y, Maitournam MH, Raoult I (2013) Modelling the influence of temperature and relative humidity on the time-dependent mechanical behaviour of a short glass fibre reinforced polyamide. Mech Mater 56:1–10

Le Gac PY, Roux G, Davies P, Fayolle B, Verdu J (2014) Water clustering in polychloroprene. Polymer 55(12):2861–2866

Marcellan A, Bunsell AR, Laiarinandrasana L, Piques R (2006) A multi-scale analysis of the microstructure and the tensile mechanical behaviour of polyamide 66 fibre. Polymer 47(1):367–378

Militky J (2009) The chemistry, manufacture and tensile behaviour of polyester fibers. In: Bunsell AR (ed) Handbook of tensile properties of textile and technical fibres. Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge, England, pp 223–314

Miri V, Persyn O, Lefebvre J-M, Seguela R (2009) Effect of water absorption on the plastic deformation behavior of nylon 6. Eur Polym J 45(3):757–762

Northolt MG, Baltussen JJM, Schaffers-Korff B (1995) Yielding and hysteresis of polymer fibres. Polymer 36(18):3485–3492

Reimschuessel HK (1978) Relationships on the effect of water on glass transition temperature and Young’s modulus of nylon 6. J Polym Sci Polym Chem Ed 16(6):1229–1236

Ridge IML, Banfield SJ, Mackay J (2010) Nylon fibre rope moorings for wave energy converters. In: Proceedings MTS/IEEE OCEANS 2010 conference, Seattle, 2010, IEEE, New Jersey, US, pp 1–10

Schapery RA (1969) On the characterization of nonlinear viscoelastic materials. Polym Eng Sci 9(4):295–310

Silva L, Tognana S, Salgueiro W (2013) Study of the water absorption and its influence on the Young’s modulus in a commercial polyamide. Polym Test 32(1):158–164

Takayanagi M, Imada K, Kajiyama T (1967) Mechanical properties and fine structure of drawn polymers. J Polym Sci Part C Polym Symp 15(1):263–281

Weller SD, Johanning L, Davies P, Banfield SJ (2015) Synthetic mooring ropes for marine renewable energy applications. Renew Energy 83:1268–1278