The Comfort of Knitted Materials for Sportswear: A Focus on Air and Water Vapour Permeability
Factors such as the growing popularity of sports, changing lifestyles and the increasing number of sporting events contribute significantly to the popularity of sports textiles. Sports textiles play an important role in the performance of athletes, as they need to provide freedom of movement and co...
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Factors such as the growing popularity of sports, changing lifestyles and the increasing number of sporting events contribute significantly to the popularity of sports textiles. Sports textiles play an important role in the performance of athletes, as they need to provide freedom of movement and comfort to the wearer during activity. In this paper, seven conventional and high-performance polyamide and polyester yarns were selected for the development of knitted fabrics for sportswear. The fabrics were manufactured as single jersey and double jersey structures, both with and without incorporated elastane yarn. The fabrics manufactured were tested for mass per unit area, fabric thickness, fabric density, porosity, air permeability and water vapour permeability. The results of the study indicate that the air permeability of all four fabric groups shows a strong correlation with the measured porosity. The average water vapour permeability of single jersey fabrics is significantly higher than that of double jersey fabrics, and the addition of elastane leads to a further reduction. The correlation between the water vapour permeability and the thickness of single jersey, elastane-plated single jersey and double jersey fabrics is negative.
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| spelling | doaj-art-47fd800a872a46eabed39e2fbdcabda72025-08-20T03:11:36ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Tekstilec0351-33862350-36962024-06-016710.14502/tekstilec.66.202402924838The Comfort of Knitted Materials for Sportswear: A Focus on Air and Water Vapour PermeabilityIvana Salopek Čubrić0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4295-5190Alenka Pavko Čuden1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9225-5128Goran Čubrić2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4132-299XVesna Marija Potočić Matković3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2907-7306University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology, Prilaz baruna Filipovića 28a, Zagreb, CroatiaUniversity of Ljubljana Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Aškerčeva cesta 12, Ljubljana, SloveniaUniversity of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology, Prilaz baruna Filipovića 28a, Zagreb, CroatiaUniversity of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology, Prilaz baruna Filipovića 28a, Zagreb, Croatia Factors such as the growing popularity of sports, changing lifestyles and the increasing number of sporting events contribute significantly to the popularity of sports textiles. Sports textiles play an important role in the performance of athletes, as they need to provide freedom of movement and comfort to the wearer during activity. In this paper, seven conventional and high-performance polyamide and polyester yarns were selected for the development of knitted fabrics for sportswear. The fabrics were manufactured as single jersey and double jersey structures, both with and without incorporated elastane yarn. The fabrics manufactured were tested for mass per unit area, fabric thickness, fabric density, porosity, air permeability and water vapour permeability. The results of the study indicate that the air permeability of all four fabric groups shows a strong correlation with the measured porosity. The average water vapour permeability of single jersey fabrics is significantly higher than that of double jersey fabrics, and the addition of elastane leads to a further reduction. The correlation between the water vapour permeability and the thickness of single jersey, elastane-plated single jersey and double jersey fabrics is negative. https://journals.uni-lj.si/tekstilec/article/view/18421yarnfabricknitwearair permeabilitywater vapour permeabilitysportswear |
| spellingShingle | Ivana Salopek Čubrić Alenka Pavko Čuden Goran Čubrić Vesna Marija Potočić Matković The Comfort of Knitted Materials for Sportswear: A Focus on Air and Water Vapour Permeability Tekstilec yarn fabric knitwear air permeability water vapour permeability sportswear |
| title | The Comfort of Knitted Materials for Sportswear: A Focus on Air and Water Vapour Permeability |
| title_full | The Comfort of Knitted Materials for Sportswear: A Focus on Air and Water Vapour Permeability |
| title_fullStr | The Comfort of Knitted Materials for Sportswear: A Focus on Air and Water Vapour Permeability |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Comfort of Knitted Materials for Sportswear: A Focus on Air and Water Vapour Permeability |
| title_short | The Comfort of Knitted Materials for Sportswear: A Focus on Air and Water Vapour Permeability |
| title_sort | comfort of knitted materials for sportswear a focus on air and water vapour permeability |
| topic | yarn fabric knitwear air permeability water vapour permeability sportswear |
| url | https://journals.uni-lj.si/tekstilec/article/view/18421 |
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