Research Journal of Textile and Apparel: Volume 6 Issue 2

POLYMERIC CELLULAR TEXTILE COMPOSITES FOR ENERGY ABSORPTION

S.W. Lam, X.M. Tao, T.X. Yu

This review paper is concerned with polymeric cellular textile composites with high specific energy absorption capacity. These cellular textile composites, particularly grid domed…

THE ROLE OF GLOBALIZATION DRIVERS AND CULTURAL DISTANCE IN THE SELECTION OF INTERNATIONAL MARKETS BY U.S. APPAREL SPECIALTY RETAILERS

Karen Hyllegard, Molly Eckman

This exploratory study examines the relative importance of the evaluative criteria used by U.S. apparel specialty retailers in the selection of international markets. Specific…

EFFECT OF WAVEFORM GAUGE SETTING ON YARN QUALITY IN A COTTON CARDING MACHINE

Lin Ziwu, Man-po Lau

This paper will discuss the new establishment of waveform gauge settings between the revolving flats and cylinder in a Rieter C4 Card. This waveform gauge has been set in seven…

AN ASSESSMENT OF SOFTNESS PROPERTY OF KNITTED GOLF FABRICS

Kin Fan Au, Cynthia N.Y. Chan, Yee Mei Ho

With increasing popularity for golf and the demand for good quality golf-shirts, the softness property for the sportswear was investigated in this research. Twenty-seven…

THE INFLUENCE OF WEAVE, YARN AND FINISHING PARAMETERS ON THE FAST FABRIC MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

I. Frydrych, L. Hunter, W. Żurek, G. Dziworska

FAST parameters for 12 kinds of fabrics varying in weave, fibre blend as well as finishing were measured. The influence of the above-mentioned factors on the FAST results are…

ANALYSIS OF FABRIC DRAPE AND GARMENT DRAPE

S.F. Ng, C.L. Hui, F.Y. Tam

Drape is a unique property that allows a fabric to be bent in more than one direction with double curvature. For many years, researchers studied fabric drape in order to evaluate…

SHAPE MEMORY POLYURETHANE FOR SMART GARMENT

Subrata Mondal, Jinlian Hu, Zhuohong Yang, Yan Liu, Yau-shan Szeto

Thermal-responsive shape-memory polyurethane consists of two phases, a thermally reversible phase for maintaining a transient shape and fixed phase structure for recovering the…

FIBRES CONFIGURATION AND ORIENTATION MEASURED BY LIGHT SCATTERING METHOD Part II. THEORETICAL TREATMENT

Igor P. Kornoohin, Tamara A. Kornoohina

Angular distribution of relative fibers length is worked out theoretically for flat and axial symmetric fibrous structures. Indices of fibers configuration, fibers orientation and…