International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology: Volume 30 Issue 3

Comparative analysis of drape characteristics of actually and virtually draped fabrics

Evrim Buyukaslan, Simona Jevsnik, Fatma Kalaoglu

The purpose of this paper is to compare real fabric drape images and virtual fabric drape images created by a commercial software. To achieve an in-depth comparison, actual and…

Interactive technology embedded in fashion emotional design: Case study on interactive clothing for couples

Weizhen Wang, Yukari Nagai, Yuan Fang, Masami Maekawa

The purpose of this paper is to bridge the gap between human emotions and wearable technologies for interactive fashion innovation. To consider the reasons why smart clothing…

Development of whole garment formed on four-bed computerized flat knitting machine

Jiajia Peng, Gaoming Jiang, Honglian Cong, Xuan Luo, Yan Zhao

The whole garment technology offers a solution for the production efficiency by directly knitting a seamless tubular garment. Due to its complexity, high requirements and few…

A web-based 3D virtual display framework for warp-knitted seamless garment design

Zhijia Dong, Gaoming Jiang, Guoming Huang, Honglian Cong

The virtual display of 3D garment is one of the most important features in a computer-aided garment design system. The purpose of this paper is to present a novel web-based 3D…

Analysis of moisture management properties of cotton/milkweed blended rotor yarn fabrics

T. Karthik, R. Murugan, Pandurangan Senthilkumar

Clothing must also assist the body’s thermal control function under changing physical loads in such a way that the body’s thermal and moisture management is balanced, and a…

Numerical simulation of flow field in the pneumatic compact spinning systems using Finite Element Method

Xuzhong Su, Xinjin Liu, Xiaoyan Liu

Pneumatic compact spinning is the most widely used compact spinning method at present, in which the negative pressure airflow is used to condense the fiber in order to decrease…

Automatic body measurement based on slicing loops

Yueqi Zhong, Duan Li, Ge Wu, PengPeng Hu

The automatic body measurement is the key of tailoring, mass customization and fit/ease evaluation. The major challenges include finding the landmarks and extracting the sizes…

Modeling and simulation of drag force for coated PET fabric with silica nano particles

Siamak Nazemi, Ramin Khajavi, Hamidreza Rabie Far, Mohammad Esmail Yazdanshenas, Manouchehr Raad

This paper is based on the simulation of wind tunnel experiment for better understanding and predicting the behavior of PET fabric in the wind tunnel. This software calculates the…

An efficient termination control strategy of air-vented dryer for fabric drying

Yuhui Wei, Zhaowei Su, Huashan Lu, Xue Mei Ding

The purpose of this paper is to develop an efficient termination control strategy of air-vented dryer in term of energy saving, improving smoothness and reducing microscopic…

Thermal insulation and morphology of natural and synthetic filled outdoor sportswear by repeated water washing and dry cleaning

Sunyoung Kim, Eunae Kim, Youngmi Park

The purpose of this paper is to examine the thermal insulation and water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) according to the type of the filling material, and compared the thermal…

Investigation of the acoustic properties of needle punched nonwoven produced of blend with sustainable fibers

Shariful Islam, Shaikh Md. Mominul Alam

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the acoustic properties of needle-punched nonwovens produced of bamboo, banana and hemp fibers blended with polyester (PET) and…