Research Journal of Textile and Apparel: Volume 10 Issue 3

Activated Carbon Nonwoven as Chemical Protective Materials

Y. Chen, N. Jiang, L. Sun, I. Negulescu

The process of manufacturing an activated carbon nonwoven made by cotton fiber was investigated. The study was focused on cotton nonwoven formation, carbonization, activation, and…

Effect of Stitch Structure on Permeability of Mono-Filament Multi-Layer Woven Fabrics

Liu Yi, Hu Jinlian

Permeability is a key aspect in fibre reinforced composite fabrication. Related problems include the formation of dry spots or voids within composites. These are difficult to…

Evaluation of Two Liquid Cooled Prototype Vests Through Human Subject Testing

Semra Peksoz, Donna Branson, Huantian Cao, Bert Jacobson, Cheryl Farr, Jinhee Nam

First responders are specialty teams who are trained to work in toxic environments to assess and diffuse the threat. They have to wear specially designed Personal Protective…

Interlaminar Stresses in CFRP Composites with a Hole

M.R. Khoshravan, A.R. Jami

Based on theories of composite sheets, the generated stresses in a stratified composite loaded in monotonic tensile are composed of the σ_x, σ_y and τ_xy components, which are…

Effect of Low-temperature Plasma Pre-treatment on the Chemical Silver-plated Polyester Fabrics

S.Q. Jiang, C.W.M. Yuen, X.M. Tao, C.W. Kan, P.S.R. Choi

Low-temperature plasma (LTP) has been increasingly employed for polymer surface modifications. In this paper, plasma gases of oxygen and argon were used for pre-treating polyester…

Consumers’ Attitudes towards Apparel Texture in E-Business for Quick Response-based Mass Customization

Sangmoo Shin

Consumers’ buying behavior depends on the look-and-see and touch-and-feel of fabrics in apparel. But online shopping with Quick Response-based mass customization might make…

Studies on the Properties of Sisal Fibre/Phenol Formaldehyde Resin In-situ Composites

JIAN Lü, JIN-BIAO ZHONG, CHUN WEI

In this paper sisal fibre (SF) was pretreated by alkali, KH-550, and steam explosion. Then sisal fibre/phenol formaldehyde (SF/PF) composites were prepared through compression…

Standards in The Visual and Linguistic Language of An Online Historic Costume Collection

Kathi Martin

In a quest to increase access to and conserve their collections many institutions are creating websites that do more than advertise the physical collection but provide images and…

Ecodesign and Textiles

Kirsi Niinimäki

To assess a product’s environmental impact is always a difficult job. How should one measure the environmental impact of a product or the production? Will the Life Cycle…

A Data Mining based Intelligent System for Worsted Process Decision

Zhi-Jun Lv, Qian Xiang, Jian-guo Yang, Long-di Cheng

Textile production is a very complex industrial process, whose planning still depends on experts' knowledge and experience. With traditional techniques, a great many process…