International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology: Volume 27 Issue 5

Influence of hole on shielding effectiveness of electromagnetic shielding fabric under incident polarization wave

Zhe Liu, Xing Rong, Xiuchen Wang, Zhong Zhou

The purpose of this paper is to explore the influence of hole on shielding effectiveness (SE) of electromagnetic shielding (EMS) fabric under incident polarization wave, and to…

Theoretical study of Solospun yarn torque

Xinjin Liu, Xuzhong Su

Solospun technology is one of the most important new spinning methods, which is implemented by dividing Ring spinning triangle into several small primary triangles and one final…

Deformation of the carded and combed wool yarns when they are subjected to repeated extensions, influence on the strength and on the elongation at break

Rachid Halfaoui, Bachir Chemani

The purpose of this paper is to conduct a series of tests designed to highlight changes in the physical characteristics of the yarn resulting from mechanical efforts comparable to…

The human factors/ergonomics studies for respirators: a review and future work

Yumiao Chen, Jianping Wang, Zhongliang Yang

– The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the human factors/ergonomics (HFE) studies for respirator.

Shape analysis of female torsos based on discrete cosine transform

Peng Li, Brian Corner, Steven Paquette

The purpose of this paper is to present results of shape analysis of female torso shape using the discrete cosine transform (DCT) from a three-dimensional (3D) whole body scan…

Organic cotton, lyocell and SPF: a comparative study

Regina A. Sanches, João Paulo Pereira Marcicano, Maria Silvia Barros de Held, Bárbara Maria Gama Guimarães, Raquel Seawright Alonso, Karina Mitie Takamune, Adriana Yumi Sato Duarte, Franco Giuseppe Dedini

The purpose of this paper is to present a comparative study on the characteristics of knitted fabrics used in the manufacturing of apparel, which are produced from organic cotton…

Study on textile assemblies with aluminized basalt fabrics destined for protective gloves

Rafal Hrynyk, Iwona Frydrych

– The purpose of this paper is to check an applicability of aluminized basalt fabrics for production of gloves protecting simultaneously against thermal and mechanical factors.

Interaction of laser beams with carbon textile materials

Milesa Ž Sreckovic, Branka Kaludjerovic, Aleksander G Kovacevic, Aleksandar Bugarinovic, Dragan Družijanic

The purpose of this paper is to present the results of interaction occurring during the exposition of some specific carbon textile materials obtained in laboratory conditions to…

A fabric defect detection algorithm via context-based local texture saliency analysis

Zhoufeng Liu, Chunlei Li, Quanjun Zhao, Liang Liao, Yan Dong

Fabric defect detection plays an important role in textile quality control. The purpose of this paper is to propose a fabric defect detection algorithm via context-based local…

Study on the relationship between pressure and stiffness coefficient, and elastic elongation of the top part of men’s socks using finite element method

Rui Dan, Xuerong Fan, Zhen Shi, Mei Zhang

The purpose of this paper is to study a new method to appraise pressure comfort through displacement distribution, and then explore the relationship between pressure and stiffness…

Editorial

George Stylios