International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology: Volume 11 Issue 2/3

A mathematical model for predicting fabric loss during spreading

Sau Fun Frency Ng, Chi Leung Patrick Hui, G.A.V. Leaf

Fabric loss is a major contribution to material utilization. Minimizing fabric loss during spreading can reduce the total production costs for garment manufacturing. A traditional…

Effect of the air on the motion of light fabric (the second paper): The added air mass of a membrane vibrating with fundamental mode

Hirokazu Minami

The property of the added air mass of a plane membrane suspended between supports and vibrating in x‐y plane with a half‐sine fundamental mode is obtained again by analysis with a…

The objective evaluation of blanket hand and durability: A preliminary investigation

Masako Niwa, Mari Inoue, Sueo Kawabata

The purpose of this study is to investigate an objective method of evaluating the tactile comfort of blankets by a method of connecting the mechanical parameters of blankets to…

Optimisation of shirt fabrics’ composition from the point of view of their appearance and thermal comfort

Lubos Hes

In this paper, the thermal contact comfort of a suddenly wetted shirt and some selected mechanical parameters of ten various woven shirt fabrics were measured with the aim of…

Air permeability and light transmission of weaves

Jiri Militky, Marie Travnickova, Vladimir Bajzik

The main aim of this contribution is characterization of fabric porosity by the light transmission and comparison of this characteristic with air permeability and idealized…

Effect of mechanical properties of fabrics on change of bloused line during cyclic wear: On front open part made up of fused composites

Michiko Kihara, Machiko Murakami, Takako Fujimoto

This study focuses on the objective evaluation of the silhouette of the front bloused line of women’s blouses, in which fusible interlinings are used in the construction of the…

A guide line for manufacturing “ideal fabrics”

Sueo Kawabata, Masako Niwa, Yoshihiro Yamashita

This paper reports the recent progress in the ideal fabrics project that started in 1996. The aim of this project is to initiate the engineered manufacturing of “ideal fabric”…

Surface appearance irregularity of nonwovens

Jirí Militký, Jitka Rubnerová, Václav Klicoka

Visual and subjective methods for evaluation of surface appearance irregularity of chemically bonded nonwovens are compared. The image analysis system LUCIA is used for estimation…

Towards the objective evaluation of garment appearance

J. Fan, C.L.P. Hui, D. Lu, J.M.K. MacAlpine

As a first step towards objective evaluation of garment appearance, the present work considered seams on three‐dimensional surfaces which simulate actual garment surfaces. The…

Using the compression properties of pillows to estimate sleeping comfort

Hiroko Yokura, Masae Nakanishi, Masako Niwa

In order to establish an objective method of evaluating pillow comfort, we investigate the relation between the sensory evaluation of pillows and the compression properties of…

Events diary

Editorial

S. Kawabata, G.K. Stylios