Testing and Modeling Barrier Materials

This project involves the development of test methods to determine the barrier efficiency of microporous fabrics to blood and blood-borne pathogens.

Publications

• Unsal, E., Schwartz, P., and Dane, J., Role of capillarity in penetration into and flow through fibrous barrier materials. Journal of Applied Polymer Science (accepted 14 July 2004).
• Miller, A. and Schwartz, P., Forced flow percolation modelling of liquid penetration of barrier materials. Journal of the Textile Institute, Part I, 92, 53-62 (2002).
• Miller, A. and Schwartz, P., A test methodology for the study of liquid penetration of barrier materials. Textile Research Journal, 70, 77-83 (2000).

http://schwartz.eng.auburn.edu/research/barrierfab.html