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10.2 Manufacturing processes 329
10.3 Supramolecular structure 332
10.4 Manufacturing process variables 337
10.5 Summary 340
References 340

11 Structure and behavior of collagen fibers 345
Frederick H. Silver, Michael Jaffe, Ruchit G. Shah
11.1 Introduction 345
11.2 Collagen molecular structure 345
11.3 Supramolecular structure of collagen 349
11.4 Collagen crosslinking 350
11.5 Collagen self-assembly 350
11.6 Viscoelastic behavior of collagen fibers 352
11.7 Viscoelasticity of self-assembled type I collagen fibers 356
11.8 Collagen fiber failure 357
11.9 Nondestructive methods for studying mechanical behavior
of collagen fibers and tissues 358
11.10 Mechanotransduction 362
11.11 Conclusions 362
References 363

12 The chemistry, manufacture, and tensile behavior of
polyamide fibers 367
Ji rí Militký, Mohanapriya Venkataraman, Rajesh Mishra
12.1 Introduction 367
12.2 Polyamide types 368
12.3 Morphology of polyamide fibers 373
12.4 Production and processing of polyamide fibers 385
12.5 Tensile properties of polyamide fibers 408
12.6 Failure mechanisms in polyamide fibers 413
12.7 Conclusion 414
References 414
Further reading 419

13 Tensile failure of polyester fibers 421
Ji rí Militký
13.1 Introduction 421
13.2 Chemistry and production of polyester fibers 422
13.3 Processing and structure evolution in polyester fibers 435
13.4 Mechanical behavior of polyester fibers 458
13.5 Fibers containing naphthalene rings 491
13.6 Conclusions 500
References 500
Further reading 513