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Letter

Comment on He, J.H. et al., Quasistatic model for two-strand yarn where x1, x2 and x are rotation angular velocities of two strands
spinning [Mech. Res. Commun. (2005), doi:10.1016/ and resultant yarn.
j.mechrescom.2004.05.010] Therefore, self-closed solutions of the 10 variables f1, f2, m1, m2,
a1, a2, u1, u2, x1 and x2 can be theoretically obtained by the 10
equations (3), (4), (5), (5a) and (6)–(11). No any empirical or
The first theoretical study on identifying the location of the con- semi-empirical inputs are needed.
vergence point in Siro spinning was presented by Emmanuel and
Plate (1982). Their model was unsolvable due to the fact that the References
number of independent equations is less than that of the depen-
dent variables. The theory was not improved until He et al. Emmanuel, A., Plate, D.E.A., 1982. An alternative approach to two-fold weaving yarn
(2005) proposed a novel model. He combined static model with Part II: the theoretical model. J. Textile Inst. 73 (3), 107.
He, J.H., Yu, Y.P., Pan, N., et al, 2005. Quasistatic model for two-strand yarn spinning.
kinematic equations (conservation theorem) to the system, induc-
Mech. Res. Commun. 32, 197–200.
ing new unidentified variables (u1, u2, x1 and x2) in the conserva- Yu, Y.P., Liu, W.Y., Chen, L.D., et al., 2005. A new static model for Sirofil spinning. In:
tion equations. Yu et al. (2005) tried to make the model closed via International Conference on Advanced Fibers and Polymer Materials, Shanghai,
material mechanics approach. However the initial problem was China, pp. 1277–1280.
not solved.
Actually, in force equilibriums, the other torque equation in the Wen-yan Liu
horizontal direction presented as below is lost by He et al. (2005) Department of Civil Engineering,
Suzhou Dengyun Institute of Science and Technology,
m1 sin a1  m2 sin a2  f1 cos a1 R1 þ f2 cos a2 R2 ¼ 0 ð5aÞ
1058 Ma’an shan Xilu Road,
Furthermore, in the steady state, the convergence point must Suzhou 215300, China
obey angular momentum conservation E-mail address: w.y.liu@163.com

q1 x1 R21 cos a1 þ q2 x2 R22 cos a2 ¼ qxR2 ð10Þ Available online 27 September 2009
2 2
q1 x 1 R1 sin a1 ¼ q2 x 2 R2 sin a2 ð11Þ

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