Open AccessThermo-physiological properties of woven structures in wet state
Author(s) -
Amal Boughattas,
Sofien Benltoufa,
Luboš Hes,
Musaddaq Azeem,
Faten Fayala
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
industria textilă
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.281
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 1222-5347
DOI - 10.35530/it.069.04.1452
Subject(s) - materials science , composite material , air permeability specific surface , water content , moisture , permeability (electromagnetism) , water vapor , thermal conductivity , polyester , thermal , woven fabric , weaving , yarn , geotechnical engineering , chemistry , engineering , membrane , biochemistry , physics , organic chemistry , layer (electronics) , meteorology
The utmost parameters that measure the thermo-physiological comfort of garments are thermal conductivity, thermalabsorptivity and water vapor permeability. In this paper, thermo-physiological comfort was studied with different weavedesign and moisture content. Thermal properties and water vapor permeability in dry and wet state of all fabric sampleswere determined by ALAMBETA and Permetest respectively. Results showed that the weaving structure and yarncomposition in weft were closely related to the thermal properties and water vapor permeability in presence of moisture.Woven fabric samples were constructed by varying the weave design and weft composition. In wet state, moisturecontent up to 20%, weave structures exhibited non-significant behavior for thermal properties due to air fraction. As themoisture content enhanced, woven structure made with polyester weft yarn provided cooler feeling with skin contact.