Research Journal of Textile and Apparel: Volume 9 Issue 2

Modelling Structural Effects on Single Romney Wool Fibre Stress-Strain Relationship, Bending Stiffness, and Curvature

Huawu Liu, Warren G. Bryson

Using the stress-strain relationship of wool cells, a three-component model (cuticle, ortho-, and para-/mesocortex) was developed to model the bending properties and behaviour of…

A Unique Method of Producing Two-Component Yarns in Friction Spinning

Ali Akbar Merati, Masaaki Okamura

In this research, recycled fibres (RF) were used to produce three types of two-component yarns such as cotton covered by RF "R-C" core yarn, RF covered by cotton "C-R" core yarn…

Forecasting End-Uses of Nonwovens by Integrating Measured Data and Human Expertise

Ludovic Koehl, Ting Chen, Philippe Vroman, Xianyi Zeng

This paper, which deals with the forecasting of nonwovens end-uses, is divided in two parts. The first part presents optimized methods for measuring the structures of nonwovens…

Determining Functional Groups of Commercially Available Ink-Jet Printing Reactive Dyes Using Infrared Spectroscopy

C.W.M. Yuen, S.K.A. Ku, P.S.R. Choi, C.W. Kan, S.Y. Tsang

An infrared (IR) spectroscopic technique was used to determine the possible functional groups and chemical compounds present in commercially available ink-jet printing reactive…

The Use of Fabric Surface and Mechanical Properties to Predict Fabric Hand Stiffness

David R. Tuigong, Ding Xin

A study on predicting the stiffness of woven fabric using an artificial neural network was conducted. A neural network system trained with a back-propagation algorithm performed…

Inducing Durable Press in Ionically Crosslinked Cotton Fabric

Rkia Refai, Mohamed Hashem, Ali Hebeish

Significant enhancement in the performance of durable press cotton fabric could be achieved through the utilization of non- formaldehyde crosslinking agents along with ionic…

Effect of Actual Overfeed Ratio on Natural Curvature of Overfed Seams

XIANGRONG XI, ISAO AJIKI

In this paper, XIANGRONG XI and ISAO AJIKI define an actual overfeed ratio depending on the recovered length of an overfed seam. In particular, the effect of the actual overfeed…

Investigation of European Female Classical Jackets Forming In XX-XX1 Centuries

YE HONGGUANG, O.N. KOLODEZNAYA, V.E. KUZMICHEV

The mathematical description of clothes shape change is made by the example of a European female classical jacket. As objects of research photographs of female classical jackets…

Managing Knowledge in Fashion Businesses: A Contextual Review

Eric P.H. Li, Chester, K.M. To, Y.H. Wong, Jimmy, M.T. Chang

This research concerns how to implement knowledge management for coordination and collaboration and what the important issues are in managing knowledge in today's globalizing…