Comparison on Compressibility Behaviors of Sisal Look, Loop and Cut Pile Carpets

This study aims to reveal compression characteristics of carpet samples with cut pile, loop pile and sisal look construction, such as resilience, thickness loss, etc. With this purpose, carpet samples were subjected to compression/recovery and dynamic loading tests and the obtained data were analyzed statistically. Experimental results exhibited that cut pile carpet had the lowest resilience property, whereas sisal look carpet performed the best. Additionally, the highest thickness loss was observed on cut pile carpet, while the lowest was seen on sisal look carpet. Moreover, statistical analyses showed that all experimental results obtained are statistically significant.