Cloth is an important material to model and simulate correctly, both in computer graphics and other industrial applications. The commonly used models for cloth in computer graphics typically approximate the cloth as an elastic sheet with linear isotropic behavior inspired by the construction of woven fabrics. However, they do a poor job of predicting the behavior of knits, which are driven by t...

In the manufacture of yarn, predicting the effect of changing production conditions is vital to reducing defects in the end product. This study compares, for the first time, non-linear regression and artificial neural network (ANN) models in predicting 10 yarn properties shaped by the influence of winding speed, quenching air temperature and/or quenching air speed during production. A multilaye...

Physical properties of cotton yarns are affected by the characteristics of cotton fibers such as fineness, length, maturity and strength. This relationship has been worked out by means of multivariable regression and stepwise method for an open-end spun (NeC 20) cotton yarn. Moreover, with the help of linear programming, it was made possible to determine the percentage of different cottons in t...

pdates on yarn dyeing technology U were shared among the 83 participants in the AATCC symposium held at Southern Pines, N. C., in April. The symposium included 11 presentations, problem solving sessions and a discussion session on the challenges of package dyeing microfibers. Developed by AATCC‘s Committee on Yarn Dyeing Technology, the two-day program offered registrants ampleopportunity to co...

In textile design, the characteristics of a textured surface are result properties materials, techniques used, and colour mixtures associated with each technique. The perception on textiles is dependent angles viewing incidence light surface. Accordingly, when analyzing pile such as velvet, we observe that orientation piles affects colour. its transformation depends whether reflected off side o...

Textured polyester multifilament yam was subjected to swelling in single and mixed solvents (with varying ratio) at room temperature for different durations. The changes in the structure and properties of the yam were investigated by measuring birefringence, crystallinity, critical dissolution time, shrinkage on treatment, % change in bulk, residual shrinkage, crimp rigidity, dye uptake and dye...

While tailoring a garment or a technical textile, relaxation processes of a knitted fabric after production have to be taken into account. Such dimensional changes can occur during a long time of dry relaxation, during wet relaxation, or during washing relaxation, the latter having the strongest infl uence on a fabric. Besides fabric construction and yarn material, the dimensions of a knitted f...

This paper reports the study on the development of a ‘decision support system (DSS)’ software for cotton fibre grading and selection, and its applications in the textile spinning industry. Two multi-criteria decision making approaches, namely ‘analytic hierarchy process (AHP)’ and ‘technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solutions (TOPSIS)’, have been amalgamated in the developed ...