The effect of fabric’s structure on the breathability and the drying rate Properties

Many parameters affect sportswear comfort. Therefore, we selected five sportswear fabrics designed for jogging and hiking T-shirts to study their structural characteristics and to investigate the influence of these characteristics on the clothing comfort properties. The areal weight, the thickness,...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Ghaith Chakroun, Sofien Benltoufa, Faten Fayala
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Language:English
Published: PUBLIA – SLUB Open Publishing 2021-06-01
Series:Communications in Development and Assembling of Textile Products
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Online Access:https://journals.qucosa.de/cdatp/article/view/40
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description Many parameters affect sportswear comfort. Therefore, we selected five sportswear fabrics designed for jogging and hiking T-shirts to study their structural characteristics and to investigate the influence of these characteristics on the clothing comfort properties. The areal weight, the thickness, the loop length and the course and wales densities were calculated. Investigations were performed on air permeability, water vapor resistance and drying time/rate properties of selected fabrics. We found that an increase in the mass per square meter and in thickness decreases the air permeability and increases the water vapor resistance of knitted fabrics. The air permeability is proportional to the loop length, while the water vapor resistance is inversely proportional to the loop length. Finally we did not find any significant relation between the fabric’s structure characteristics and the drying time/rate.
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spelling doaj-art-6472b47a51d14efbab298f972bae14ec2025-08-20T03:56:18ZengPUBLIA – SLUB Open PublishingCommunications in Development and Assembling of Textile Products2701-939X2021-06-0121616910.25367/cdatp.2021.2.p61-6940The effect of fabric’s structure on the breathability and the drying rate PropertiesMohamed Ghaith Chakroun0Sofien Benltoufa1Faten Fayala2LESTE (Laboratoire d'étude des systèmes thermiques et énergétiques)LESTE (Laboratoire d'étude des systèmes thermiques et énergétiques)LESTE (Laboratoire d'étude des systèmes thermiques et énergétiques)Many parameters affect sportswear comfort. Therefore, we selected five sportswear fabrics designed for jogging and hiking T-shirts to study their structural characteristics and to investigate the influence of these characteristics on the clothing comfort properties. The areal weight, the thickness, the loop length and the course and wales densities were calculated. Investigations were performed on air permeability, water vapor resistance and drying time/rate properties of selected fabrics. We found that an increase in the mass per square meter and in thickness decreases the air permeability and increases the water vapor resistance of knitted fabrics. The air permeability is proportional to the loop length, while the water vapor resistance is inversely proportional to the loop length. Finally we did not find any significant relation between the fabric’s structure characteristics and the drying time/rate.https://journals.qucosa.de/cdatp/article/view/40air permeability, water vapor permeability, clothing comfort, drying rate,
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Communications in Development and Assembling of Textile Products
air permeability, water vapor permeability, clothing comfort, drying rate,
title The effect of fabric’s structure on the breathability and the drying rate Properties
title_full The effect of fabric’s structure on the breathability and the drying rate Properties
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title_full_unstemmed The effect of fabric’s structure on the breathability and the drying rate Properties
title_short The effect of fabric’s structure on the breathability and the drying rate Properties
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topic air permeability, water vapor permeability, clothing comfort, drying rate,
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