International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology: Volume 16 Issue 1/2

On‐demand production system of apparel on the basis of Kansei engineering

Yoshio Shimizu, Tsugutake Sadoyama, Masayoshi Kamijo, Satoshi Hosoya, Minoru Hashimoto, Tsuyoshi Otani, Kouich Yokoi, Yousuke Horiba, Masayuki Takatera, Michael Honywood, Shigeru Inui

This paper argues for the immediate use of Kansei engineering to help deal with the chaotic situation of poorly implemented and disconnected technologies. A theoretical criticism…

Improvement of drape simulation speed using constrained fabric collision

In Hwan Sul, Tae Jin Kang

Garment is generally a 3D object made of 2D fabric. So, it is necessary to predict the garment drape shape when designing fabric patterns. There are several methods to simulate…

Real‐time per‐pixel rendering of textiles for virtual textile catalogues

Andy Spence, Mike Robb, Mark Timmins, Mike Chantler

We present recent results from an EPSRC funded project VirTex (Virtual Textile Catalogues). The goal of this project is to develop graphics and image‐processing software for the…

Smart clothing: a new life

Lieva Van Langenhove, Carla Hertleer

After technical textiles and functional textiles, smart textiles came into force a few years back. The term “smart textiles” covers a broad range. The application possibilities…

Developing portable acoustic arrays on a large‐scale e‐textile substrate

E. Grant, K.A. Luthy, J.F. Muth, L.S. Mattos, J.C. Braly, A. Seyam, T. Ghosh, A. Dhawan, K. Natarajan

This research deals with the production of electronic textiles (e‐textiles) demonstrators. Initially, the research dealt with the creation of 4×5 microphone array on a large area…

Thermal regulating functional performance of PCM garments

Ying Bo‐an, Kwok Yi‐Lin, Li Yi, Yeung Chap‐Yung, Song Qing‐wen

By analysing the physical mechanisms of heat and moisture transfer through textiles with PCM and carrying out the test of thermal regulating functional performance of PCM garment…

The mechanics of plain woven fabrics

G.A.V. Leaf

A procedure for estimating the low‐strain mechanical properties of plain woven fabrics is presented. A quantity prominent in the equations is the contact length at the yarn…

Fibrous assemblies: modeling/computer simulation of compressional behaviour

William W. Roberts, Norman B. Beil

We develop a model to relate the mechanical properties of individual fibers and how they are arranged in a fibrous assembly to the bulk properties of the fibrous assembly. The…

Processing and quality of cashmere tops for ultrafine wool worsted blend fabrics

B.A. McGregor, R. Postle

This study has focussed on three main areas. First, an evaluation of the physical attributes of cashmere tops available to commercial spinners; second, the influence of processing…

Tactile sensory analysis applied to silk/cotton knitted fabrics

R. Chollakup, A. Sinoimeri, F. Philippe, L. Schacher, D. Adolphe

Currently, textile industrialists have to consider the sensory aspect in their design and manufacturing specifications. To describe the sensory quality of products, sensory…

The challenge of changing from empirical craft to engineering design

John W.S. Hearle

Textiles have developed high‐quality materials on the basis of highly developed but empirical craft skills. The second half of the 20th century resulted in many academic papers on…

Handling evaluated by visual information to consider web‐consumers

Sasaki Kazuya, Ikeda Naomi, Shimizu Hiroko

As the Internet has wide use, it is expected that the opportunities of buying fabrics at online shops will increase. Can Web‐consumers catch and evaluate the texture and handling…

Modelling strategies for liquid spreading in medical absorbents

M. Landeryou, I. Eames, A. Frampton, A. Cottenden

The use of validated computational models to predict liquid spreading in fibrous materials is an important tool for understanding and optimising the function of absorbent…

The study of pressure delivery for hypertrophic scar treatment

Lisa Macintyre, Margot Baird, Phil Weedall

Pressure garments have been used prophylactically and to treat hypertrophic scars, resulting from serious burns, since the early 1970s. They are custom‐made from elastic fabrics…

Design of textile scaffolds for tissue engineering: the use of biodegradable yarns

E. Ekevall, C. Golding, R.R. Mather

The emergence of tissue engineering has led to the development of three‐dimensional cellular scaffolds that reconstruct the tissue structure. Research into the use of…

Material design and textile science for specialty textiles technologies

T. Matsuo

The relation of material design and textile science to the technologies of textile specialty products are discussed. Concept of material design is explained. The method of…

Folding algorithms and mechanisms synthesis for robotic ironing

J.S. Dai, P.M. Taylor, H. Liu, H. Lin

Automating domestic ironing is a challenge to the robotic community, particularly in terms of modelling and advanced mechanism design. This paper investigates the ironing process…

Trajectory and orientation analysis of the ironing process for robotic automation

J.S. Dai, P.M. Taylor, P. Sanguanpiyapan, H. Lin

Robotic ironing needs multidiscipline and requires a quantitative analysis of garment unfolding and ironing motion. This paper investigates the trajectories and orientation of the…

Acquisition, placement, and folding of fabric materials

Frank W. Paul

This paper discusses the technical issues associated with the acquisition, placement, and folding of fabric materials with mechatronic devices and machines. Earlier work in this…

Study of relationship between fabric elastic potential and garment appearance quality

J. Geršak

Garment is presumably the only product where, in the tailoring process, a two‐dimensional fabric is converted into a three‐dimensional shape without indirect physical remodelling…

Design of the system for prediction of fabric behaviour in garment manufacturing processes

D.Z. Pavlinić, J. Geršak

The study of fabric behaviour during its transformation from a two‐dimensional (2D) product into a three‐dimensional (3D) article of clothing is presented in this paper. Actual…

Design and engineering challenges for digital ink‐jet printing on textiles

A. Dehghani, F. Jahanshah, D. Borman, K. Dennis, J. Wang

This paper will review digital ink‐jet printing on textiles and the advantages it offers to textile industry and consumers in comparison with conventional printing. The paper also…

Colour specification at the design to production interface

David P. Oulton, Tara Young

This paper describes how the communication of colour specifications between designers and technical production personnel has been improved using calibrated colour and digital…

Note from the publisher

John Peters

Textile Design and Engineering of Fibrous Materials: INTEDEC 2003

Sharon Lam Po Tang