A study on improving the properties of greenhouse fabrics produced by the weft knitting method

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Faculty of applied arts

2 Professor of Dedign and Head of the Textile Department Faculty of Applied Arts – Benha University

3 Professor of vegetables horticulture department,, Faculty of agriculture, Benha university

4 Lecturer, Department of Spinning, weaving and knitting Faculty of Applied Arts In Nubaria – Damanhour University

Abstract

The functional performance of greenhouse fabrics. The fabrics depend on what is available in them of mechanical and natural properties that are suitable for this performance. These properties change according to the change in diameter, color, and thickness.
Greenhouse fabrics and their functional performance vary from providing shading at a certain percentage or giving a certain temperature and thus giving a certain degree of heating to some plants according to different diameters, different colors and two types of weather.
In the study of this research, the extent of the effect of changing the diameter, color, and weathering on some of the functional properties of the produced fabrics, such as the percentage of shading, temperature, relative humidity, dew point, tensile strength, and elongation. A sample of fabrics using three diameters, and the user used 165, 185, and 210 microns, and different colors such as black, green, and white, which give reflections of light in different proportions, and with the change of the used gauge, samples were produced on 10 or 12 gauge, and a number of tests were conducted to measure the natural and mechanical properties on the samples under study according to standard specifications.

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