Development of Swimwear for Diving

Abstract

Swimwear is normally designed for swimming. It is should be modified to suit diving purpose as the body movement and the force applied by water to the wearers during diving are greatly different from those during swimming. Major problems of conventional swimwear during diving were found to be insufficient durability, poor fitting and movement of straps and leg parts to inappropriate position, which was largely caused by water going in-between the swimwear and body, resulting a balloon effect inside the garment. To solve the above problems, the design and construction of the swimwear was modified. The swimwear fabric was selected through testing the strength and elongation of a range of swimwear fabrics in order to ensure that the selected fabric can withstand the great force and stretch. The improved diver’s swimwear was found very satisfactory although further improvement may be needed in the future.

Citation

Kwok, Y.L., Kong, P.Y. and Fan, J. (1999), "Development of Swimwear for Diving", Research Journal of Textile and Apparel, Vol. 3 No. 2, pp. 27-33. https://doi.org/10.1108/RJTA-03-02-1999-B004