Abstract

Compressional experiments with the various plain woven fabrics were made by using the Kawabata's system. Objective hand evaluation for some worsted woven fabrics were also performed by the system. It was predicted that the thickness of the fabric is changed logarithmically as the load acting on the fabric. The exponents of the logarithmic compressional curves can be decided by the properties of constituent yarn, the fabric count and the surface roughness of the fabric. In case of the worsted plain woven fabrics for the men's summer suit, their compressibilities have quite effect on the total hand value and the primary hand values except Fukurami.

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