Research Journal of Textile and Apparel: Volume 6 Issue 1

FIBERS CONFIGURATION AND ORIENTATION MEASURED BY LIGHT SCATTERING METHOD Part I. METHOD AND APPARATUS

Igor P. Kornoohin, Tamara A. Kornoohina

Physical bases of light scattering by cylinders are discussed. Method and apparatus for measuring the scattered light flux distribution with angle are described. The unnormalized…

STRAIN MEASUREMENT IN FABRICS. PART V: A NON-CONTACT METHOD OF DETERMINING FINITE STRAINS – APPLICATION TO STRAIN FIELDS IN INDUSTRIAL TEXTILES

D.W. Lloyd, C.D. Price, C. Wild, D.B. Brook

The method of measuring strain fields in fabrics, described earlier, is applied to an example of heavy industrial fabrics. The example chosen is that of heavy woven conveyor…

THE NOVEL TECHNOLOGY OF FUNCTIONAL FABRICS COMPOSED OF POLYPROPYLENE NONWOVEN SELVAGE/POLYESTER/STAINLESS STEEL

J.H. Lin, C.W. Lou

Nowadays, the Green Environment Protection is popular, and the synthetic fiber nonwoven is recyclable and reusable to fabricate functional products with high additional values. It…

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FABRIC FORMABILITY, BIAS EXTENSION AND SHEAR BEHAVIOUR OF OUTERWEAR MATERIALS

M.Y. Leung, T.Y. Lo, R.C. Dhingra, K.W Yeung

This paper investigates the relationships between fabric formability (a fundamental measure of fabric tailorability), bias extension and shear resistance. The experimental…

A CONTROL OF THE WEIGHT PER SQUARE METRE CONCERNING PURE COTTON JERSEY

Sun Feng

On fully relaxed jersey, its construction is the thickest, its washing shrinkage is zero, and it has the characteristics that its density and weight per square metre are the…

THE EFFECT OF NATURAL DYE EFFLUENT ON THE ENVIRONMENT

P.M. Chan, C.W.M. Yuen, K.W. Yeung

The performance of waste-extracted natural dyes and mordants with respect to the environment has been verified and suggested to be comparable to the traditional mordants…

GROUNDED DESIGN THEORY OF BRITISH FASHION DESIGNERS

Joe S. Au, Gail Taylor, Edward W. Newton

The first author is currently registered as a doctoral research student at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. This paper is derived from the findings of a full-time doctoral…

APPLICATION OF A SPECIAL SEWING THREAD TO GATHERING

Xiangrong Xi, Isao Ajiki

In order to produce gathering on the fabric, it is a normal method to tighten the thread sewed on fabric. In this paper a new method is presented for producing gathering on the…

THE EXAMINATION OF ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOURAL PATTERNS OF HONG KONG FEMALE YOUTH IN CLOTHING BRANDS

Said Rawliman, Wai-ching Chu

Towards the new century the young generations of Hong Kong seem to be extremely marketing concerned, and brands are more important to them than ever before. Due to the change of…