Abstract
Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of knitting parameters on the moisture management and air permeability of the interlock fabrics. Samples were produced at two different knitting gauges, each with three different stitch lengths. It was found that the fabric mass per square metre increases by increasing machine gauge and decreasing the stitch length, whereas the fabric thickness and porosity increase at these settings. It was further concluded that the loosely knitted fabric samples with higher amount of entrapped air exhibit good air permeability but poor moisture management properties.
Highlights
Consumers of clothes demand high levels of comfort, design and easy-care in their everyday bodywear
The effect of knitting parameters on the physical properties of interlock fabrics and p-values from analysis of variance (ANOVA) for these effects are given in Tables 1 and 2, respectively
ANOVA shows that input variables significantly affect the physical properties (p-values 0.05)
Summary
Consumers of clothes demand high levels of comfort, design and easy-care in their everyday bodywear. Comfort is usually regulated through interaction of human body with its microclimate and clothing. It is generally determined from a combination of sensorial, psychological and thermophysiological properties [1]. The human body generates metabolic heat and sweat is produced as a part of the natural mechanism to dissipate the extra heat not needed by the body. An uncovered human body can control the heat loss during strenuous activity, as sweat evaporates quite leaving no accumulated sweat when that activity stops. Evaporated sweat carries body heat away, cooling it down [2]
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