An Experimental Study on Fabric Softness Evaluation
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چکیده
Softness is one of the most important properties for an apparel fabric. This paper investigated the feasibility of objective evaluation of fabric softness by measuring the forces of pulling a fabric specimen through a series of parallel pins. The specific pulling forces of fabric specimens were compared with those indexes obtained both from FAST (Fabric Assurance By Simple Testing) tests and subjective softness assessments, and their correlation and regression were statistically analyzed. The results indicated that this pulling force measurement simultaneously reflects the physical and surface properties of the fabrics measured by FAST and appears to be close to the human hand response on fabric softness, and even distinguishes minute differences in softness of the knitted fabrics with different wool contents.
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