Although nonwovens used in many areas from civil and mechanical engineering to consumer products, research on their mechanical behavior are rather limited in the literature. In this study, a brief overview is presented on the previous research performed to understand the relation between the microstructure and the mechanical behavior of these materials. The research studies are categorized into five sections declining with tensile, creep, bending, dynamic and damage behavior. For each type of behavior, previous research is discussed briefly following by that of the last few years. The review demonstrates that the tensile behavior is understood well whereas there is a limited number of studies in bending and dynamic behavior of nonwoven materials. Future research is expected to be more related on the in-service behavior.

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非织造布力学行为简述

尽管非织造布用于从土木和机械工程到消费品的许多领域，但文献中对其机械行为的研究相当有限。在本研究中，简要概述了先前为了解这些材料的微观结构与机械行为之间的关系而进行的研究。研究分为五个部分，包括拉伸、蠕变、弯曲、动力和损伤行为。对于每种类型的行为，在过去几年的研究之后简要讨论了以前的研究。该评论表明，拉伸行为已被很好地理解，而在非织造材料的弯曲和动态行为方面的研究数量有限。预计未来的研究将更多地与在职行为相关。