7 research outputs found
Assessment of the fabric's wear by sound measurements on soldier's uniforms
This study focuses on the evaluation of fabrics friction sound using two different approaches (instrumental and
sensory) to analyze the influence of fabric wear on friction sounds. For this purpose, four fabrics were selected
and have undergone multiple washes (up to 50). A specific device reproducing the human arm motion is used to
produce and record the fabric friction sounds. From these recordings, some acoustic parameters like the total noise
level can be determined. Meanwhile, a sensory panel dedicated to hearing assessed the friction sounds by several
attributes. This paper identifies the significant correlations between acoustic, mechanical and sensory properties
Adaptive bra designs for the individuals with special needs
Nowadays the numbers of disabled and elderly people is increasing, and the development of adaptive clothing for these people is in demand. The purpose of this study is to add features in bra design, to make it "Easy on, Easy off", to encourage the hemiplegic females to begin to dress themselves and to make dressing easier and more protective for them. This adaptive bra design will offer benefits to the wearer that include independence, conformity to culture, concealment of the disability, comfort, psychological contentment, safety, and durability. Our adaptive bra will promote harmony between functionality and aesthetics. Our e-bra enables continuous, real-time monitoring to identify any pathophysiological changes by monitoring blood pressure, body temperature, respiratory rate, oxygen consumption, some neural activity
Analyzing the Effects of Washing Processes and Wear on Fabric Friction Sound of Soldiers Uniforms
A Study of the Consumption of Sewing Threads for Women’s Underwear: Bras and Panties
The article evaluates the amount of the consumed sewing thread for women’s underwear (underwear bras and
panties). Based on the obtained fi ndings, it was concluded that sewing thread amount depends enormously on the
studied infl uential parameters. The present paper reports a contribution that allows industries and researchers to
decrease the consumed amounts of sewing thread in case of women’s underwear and panties The study takes
into account the different stitch structures and fabric characteristics that are usually used. The effects of infl uential
input parameters, such as fabric thickness, number of assembled layers, stitch density, and tension of the thread,
are investigated. Useful models have been found and can be used by industries to accuracy predict the thread
consumption for women’s underwear and panties to launch the needed thread commands. The developed models
use multiregressive method. In this study, the fabrics that have been considered are knitted fabrics because they
are those used in women’s underwear. We found that women’s underwear bras consume more sewing threads
than panties. Using linear regression method, good relationships (coeffi cients of correlation close to 1) between
consumption behaviors and the investigated parameters such as fabric thickness, number of assembled layers,
stitch number per centimeter, sizes and tension of threads, were found. Although, the increase of threads tension
to sew female underwear decreases the consumed amount of threads, the increase of other studied parameters
widely encourages the consumption values, especially for seams based on chain-stitch types