The presence of defects in cold mercerizing of cotton goods led to the creation of a new method, called hot mercerizing in which caustic soda solution is used at a high temperature. Hot mercerizing is successfully used in cotton blended with some other fibers. In cotton/polyester blend fabrics, this treatment serves a dual purpose: subjectively, it imparts a silklike &#10&#10&#10soft handle to ...

Substantial amount of work has been done on static drape behavior of fabric by Cusick in 60s. In 70s & 80s, it was felt that drape is not much important. Therefore the main focus during this period was on tensile behavior of the fabric. But during 90s, due to rapid growth of readymade garment along with computerized manufacturing system, it was felt by various research workers and market survey...

Fabric is amodular and extensible open-source system for deploying and operating permissioned blockchains and one of theHyperledger projects hosted by the Linux Foundation (www.hyperledger.org). Fabric is the first truly extensible blockchain system for running distributed applications. It supports modular consensus protocols, which allows the system to be tailored to particular use cases and t...

When we use a conductive fabric as a pressure sensor, it is necessary to quantitatively understand its electromechanical property related with the applied pressure. We investigated electromechanical properties of three different conductive fabrics using the electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). We found that their electrical impedance spectra depend not only on the electrical properties of t...

The denim is a fabric woven from coarse indigo dyed warp and grey un-dyed weft yarn. Denim fabric is hard-wearing and has high density with a high mass per unit area and a 3/1 or 2/1-twill weaves construction. It is comfortable, fashionable, affordable, durable and a popular clothing material. Nowadays, the stretchable denims are in fashion due to its comfort fit and flexibility. These fabrics ...

The paper deals with a neural network controlled switch fabric with frame prioritization support. The impact of priority levels on the functionality and efficiency of this switch fabric was deeply investigated. The results of the studies related to the impact of the amount of priority levels are published in this paper. Key-Words: Hopfield neural network, switch fabric, prioritization, priority...

Compression garments apply pressure to the body to provide health benefits, such as increasing the blood circulation, shaping the body and supporting healing after medical procedures. Fabrics used for compression garments are elastic, and the amount of fabric stretching and the ability of maintaining the stretching force are directly related to the compression effectiveness. However, there is c...

Underlying fabrics can change the appearance, function and quality of the garment, and also add so much longevity of the garment. Nowadays, with the increasing use of various types of fabrics in the garment industry, their resistance to bagging is of great importance with the aim of determining the effectiveness of textiles under various forces. The current paper investigated the effect of unde...

The social fabric is the force that brings the society together so that there is social cohesion and stability. It is only when the society is in a stable condition that development and the realisation of social goals are attainable, hence the need to strengthen the social fabric. Over the past decade the social fabric of Zimbabwe has been in a free fall, leading to a state of anarchy and fear....