International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology: Volume 27 Issue 2

Investigation of the use of steam for spun-like textured yarn manufacturing: Effect of production speed on yarn properties

Ganemulle Lekamalage Dharmasri Wickramasinghe, Peter William Foster

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of steam in order to replace air in the production of spun-like textured yarns. Further, this paper analyse the effect of…

Influence of heat transfer material on the deformability of knitted fabrics

Vitalija Masteikaite, Virginija Saceviciene, Elmira Kopbajeva, Maira Nurjasarova

To produce a coated fabric, a base fabric may be completely or partially coated with a polymer layer, which changes the properties of the new system relative to the base fabric…

Finite element simulation on clothing pressure and body deformation of the top part of men’s socks using curve fitting equations

Mei Zhang, Henan Dong, Xuerong Fan, Rui Dan

Objective appraisal of pressure comfort is the basement of optimal design of clothing. The purpose of this paper is to study a new method to appraise pressure comfort through…

Breast volume measurement by mesh projection method based on 3D point cloud data

Xiaona Chen, Jianping Wang

– The purpose of this paper is to explore a novel breast volume measuring method by mesh projection based on three-dimensional (3D) point cloud data.

Geometric modeling of terry fabric

Jitendra Pratap Singh, Bijoya Kumar Behera

– The purpose of this paper is to develop a 3D geometric model of three-pick terry fabric considering the actual design and structural features of the finished terry fabric.

Flame retardant cellulosic textile using bannana pseudostem sap

Santanu Basak, Kartick K Samanta, Sajal K Chattopadhyay, Rajesh Shashikant Narkar, R Mahangade

The purpose of this paper is to use the natural wastage plant product, bannana pseudostem sap (BPS) for using as fire retardant of cellulosic textile substrate. The study aims to…

Predicting the fiber diameter of spunbonding nonwovens fabrics by means of physical model, statistical method and artifical neural network theory

Bo Zhao

The purpose of this paper is to establish three modeling methods (physical model, statistical model, and artificial neural network (ANN) model) and use it to predict the fiber…

A new method to assess the influence of textiles properties on human thermophysiology. Part I: Thermal resistance

Simon Annaheim, Li-chu Wang, Agnieszka Psikuta, Matthew Patrick Morrissey, Martin Alois Camenzind, René Michel Rossi

The purpose of this paper is to determine the validity and inter-/intra-laboratory repeatability of the first part of a novel, three-phase experimental procedure using a sweating…

Intelligent fashion styling using genetic search and neural classification

Arzu Vuruskan, Turker Ince, Ender Bulgun, Cuneyt Guzelis

– The purpose of this paper is to develop an intelligent system for fashion style selection for non-standard female body shapes.

Recovery velocity evaluation of bagged denim fabrics as function of frictional parameters

Mouna Gazzah, Boubaker Jaouachi, Faouzi Sakli

The purpose of this paper is to predict the bagging recovery velocity of bagged denim fabric samples. Hence, the authors attempt to carry out a model highlighting and explaining…

Impact of firefighter gear on lower body range of motion

Huiju Park, Helen Trejo, Madeline Miles, Allison Bauer, Seonyoung Kim, Jeffrey Stull

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the incremental impact of firefighter’s personal protective equipment (PPE) on lower body range of motion (ROM) while walking to…

Editorial: spacesuits for commercial travellers

George Stylios