Research Journal of Textile and Apparel: Volume 11 Issue 2

Improved Limiting Irregularity and Effective Fineness Models for Wool Yarn

C.M. Deng, L.J. Wang, X.G. Wang

The limiting irregularity of yarn is the minimum count variation expected from ideal yarn with a random fibre ends distribution. It can be calculated with the Martindale limiting…

Visualization of Textile Surface Roughness Based on Silhouette Image Analysis

Hu Jin-lian, Xin Binjie

This paper presents a digital imaging method based on silhouette image analysis to visualize the 3D surface roughness of textile or other flexible materials. A prototype of…

Thermal Behaviour of Silk

Murugesh Babu K, Kushal Sen

Silk is a natural protein fibre. It is the only natural fibre available in continuous filament form. Earlier research studies on physical structure and mechanical properties of…

Union Shade Prints on Wool/linen/viscose Blended Fabrics using Levafix ®Reactive Dyes

M.M. Rashad, S. Hamdy, M.H. Abo-Shosha

The feasibility of obtaining a union (solid) shade with reasonable color strength and no staining on the white ground of 50/25/25 wool/linen/viscose blended fabric printed with…

Utilization of Partially Methylolated Poly acrylamide Guar Gum in Pigment Printing

M.K. Zahran, R.I. Mahmoud, M.H. El Rafie

Polyacrylamid-guar gum composite has been prepared via graft copolymerization of acrylamide onto guar gum using the KBrO₃/ thiourea redox system. The amide groups (40%) in the…

Peel Test: A Tool to Assess The Stickiness of Honeydew Sugar

A. Ayed Amara, J.Y. Drean, M. Nardin, et R. Frydrych

People involved in the cotton industry, from growers to spinners, have been concerned about the problem of stickiness encountered during cotton processing from fibres to yarn…

Textile Design with Electroless Nickel Plating

C.W.M. Yuen, S.Q. Jiang, W.S. Tung, C.W. Kan

Trials have been performed to assess the practicability of the electroless nickel plating method applied to textile fabrics with various fabric constructions including polyester…

Integrated Design of Seamless Fashion in Woven Textile with Multilayer

NG, Frankie M.C., HU Jinlian, SZETO Yu-cheung, WANG Xueqin

Seamless garment creation has attracted substantial research and is currently growing in its commercial applications. This paper reports a study which aims to invent an approach…

Binge Eating Behaviors, Neuroticism, and Compulsive Clothing Buying: Are They Related?

Julianne Trautmann, Tricia Widner Johnson

The purpose of this research is to determine if bulimic behaviors and high levels of neuroticism lead to compulsive clothing buying. Female students from a large midwestern…