International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology: Volume 28 Issue 5

Colour gamut with easy sources of natural dyes

Priti B. Tayade, Ravindra V. Adivarekar

In nature, thousands of different colours and shades exist. Basic set of dyes, namely, yellow, red, blue and green are necessary for a complete colour gamut. Creating a complete…

The interaction of clothing ventilation with dry and evaporative heat transfer of jackets: The effect of air and vapor permeability

Xiao-Qun Dai, George Havenith

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of air and vapor permeability of jacket materials on ventilation, heat and moisture transfer.

Design and modeling adsorption kinetics of methylene blue on zeolite adsorbents and clay

Maaza Lamia, Djafri Fatiha, Bouchekara Mohammed, Djebbar Mustapha, Djafri Ayada

The purpose of this paper is to examine the batch adsorption system of a cationic dye (methylene blue, widely used in various sectors) on two adsorbents; ZSM-5 zeolite which was…

Analysis of females’ preferences for buttock shapes with different ethnic backgrounds

Xiaofeng Yao, Jianping Wang, Susan P. Ashdown, Shunhua Luo, Hui Shi

Understanding costumer requirements is a precondition for clothing design and manufacturing. A good shapewear designer should know women’s preferences for their buttock shapes…

Effect of the fabric color on the visual perception of pilling

Marjan Barakzehi, Fatemeh Asadi, Ali Akbar Ghareh Aghaji

Pilling is a fabric surface fault comprising of small, fuzzy balls on the surface of a fabric that leads to poor handle and quality. The purpose of this paper is to investigate…

Principles and hierarchy design of protective clothing for earthquake disaster search and rescue team members

Lina Zhai, Xue Lin, Jingxian Xu, Yunyi Wang, Jun Li

Personal protective assembles protect searchers and rescuers from potential hazards when they enter the earthquake disaster field. Since the earthquake rescue work is risky and…

Study and comparison techniques in fabric simulation using mass spring model

Vajiha Mozafary, Pedram Payvandy

The purpose of this paper is to conduct a survey on research in fabric and cloth simulation using mass spring model. Also in this paper some of the common methods in process of…

Non destructive fabric weight measurement using capacitance principle

Mani Senthilkumar, L. Ashok Kumar

The purpose of this paper is to design and develop an instrument for non-destructive fabric grams per square metre (GSM) measurement. This study uses the capacitance principle to…

Preparation of long-lasting fragrant worsted fabrics using polypropylene-imine (PPI) dendrimer

Somaye Akbari, Mehdi Akbari, Mohammad Haghighat Kish, Firoz Mehr Mazaheri

The production of long-lasting fragrant semi-worsted fabrics using dendritic compounds as one of the nano size materials is concerned. Also quantitative assessments of the odour…

The influence of clothing pressure exerted by girdle on inhibition ability of young females

Yunjuan Liu, Dongsheng Chen

Since it has been regarded as an effective method to evaluate clothing pressure comfort with physiological and psychological techniques the purpose of this paper is to examine the…