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Predicting the handle and comfort of military clothing fabrics from sensory and instrumental data: Development and application of new psychophysical methods
Textile Research Journal; 3/1/2003; Cardello, Armand V; Winterhalter, Carole; Schutz, Howard G; 10641 words
; ABSTRACT Sensory and instrumental fabric characteristics that contribute to military ... used to characterize thirteen military fabrics. A labeled magnitude scale of comfort ... handle and comfort of the thirteen test fabrics. The descriptive sensory data and comfort ...
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Neural Network Prediction of Human Psychological Perceptions of Fabric Hand
Textile Research Journal; 5/1/2004; Hui, C L; Lau, T W; Ng, S F; Chan, K C C; 4812 words
; ABSTRACT Fabric hand is commonly adopted for assessing fabric quality and prospective performance in a particular end use. In general, fabric hand is primarily assessed subjectively. Subjective assessments treat fabric hand as a psychological reaction ...
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Low Temperature Plasma Treatment for Wool Fabric
Textile Research Journal; 4/1/2006; Kan, C W; Yuen, C W M; 3426 words
; Abstract Wool fabric was treated with low temperature plasma ... the LTP treatment, the properties of the fabric, including low-stress mechanical properties ... the means of Kawabata Evaluation System Fabric (KES-F) revealed that the tensile, shearing ...
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Fabric Selection for a Liquid Cooling Garment
Textile Research Journal; 7/1/2006; Cao, Huantian; Branson, Donna H; Peksoz, Semra; Nam, Jinhee; Farr, Cheryl A; 4158 words
; Abstract The selection of an inner fabric layer is an important aspect in the development ... The desired characteristics of an inner fabric layer in LCGs include good thermal conductivity ... the wearer more comfortable. Eighteen fabrics that differed in fiber content, fabric ...
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Transfer wicking mechanisms of knitted fabrics used as undergarments for outdoor activities
Textile Research Journal; 8/1/2002; Zhuang, Q; Harlock, S C; Brook, D B; 3544 words
; ... study investigates liquid transfer from fabric layer to layer and liquid interaction between different fabrics in clothing systems. A higher external ... the water content initially held in wet fabric, the greater the amount of water transferred ...
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Digital image analysis for fabric assessment
Textile Research Journal; 10/1/2002; Cardamone, Jeanette M; Damert, William C; Phillips, John G; Marmer, William N; 5932 words
; ABSTRACT Conventional methods of fabric inspection are tedious and require close association. In this work, digital image analysis for fabric assessment (DIAFA) is applied to modern and historic fabrics. Fabric images are divided into arrays of ...
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An energy model of plain knitted fabric
Textile Research Journal; 8/1/2003; Choi, K F; Lo, T Y; 4655 words
; ... mathematical model describing a plain knitted fabric is proposed in this paper. One major feature of this model is that the yarn in the fabric can be naturally curved with nonlinear ... associated with relaxation of knitted fabric are discussed. A more precise prediction ...
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Characterization of Liquid Moisture Transport Performance of Wool Knitted Fabrics
Textile Research Journal; 12/1/2007; Zhou, Liya; Feng, Xunwei; Du, Yanfeng; Li, Yi; 2420 words
; Abstract Wool fabric is one of the fabrics normally suitable for autumn-winter garments. With the popularization ... advances in knitting and finishing technology, fine wool knitted fabrics are finding more applications as summer garments. Thus, the design ...
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Effect of Lyocell Blend Yarn and Pile Type on the Properties of Pile Loop Knit Fabrics
Textile Research Journal; 4/1/2005; Uçar, Nuray; Karakas, Hale Canbaz; 3228 words
; ABSTRACT This paper investigates some physical properties of pile loop knit fabrics. Several fabric parameters, such as pile type (pile loop and cut-pile loop fabrics), fiber type (100% cotton and 50/50% cotton/lyocell blend), fabric tightness ...
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Advanced switching: a new take on PCI Express: by using the advanced switching fabric, many associated end systems can simultaneously and directly communicate according to their protocols.(design feature)
EDN; 10/14/2004; Rooholamini, Mo; 2137 words
; ... SWITCHING) SPECIFICATION defines a switching-fabric architecture that supports high-availability ... removal of boards; redundant pathways; fabric management fail-over; and direct peer ... technology for data-plane and unified fabrics that allows for the standardization of ...
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