Liquid Moisture Transportation Properties of Functional Underwears: Part 1

Hussainn, Sajid; Glombikova, Viera; Akhtar, Nasrullah; Mazari, Adnan; Mansoor, Tariq; Khan, Kanwar Ali Haider

doi:10.1515/aut-2018-0030

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“…Recently, consumers of personal protection garments have required high protection in combination with high comfort level. Such garments should be flexible, soft, lightweight, with good air permeability and moisture management, and at the same time resistant to cutting, tearing, puncture, and abrasion [12,13]. Comfort properties can be enhanced very easily by choosing proper knitting patterns and structural parameters [11,13,14].…”

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Ultra-Strong Knits for Personal Protective Equipment

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This work focused on the development of ultra-strong knitted fabrics for personal protective equipment used for protection against mechanical damages. Such knits have to have enhanced mechanical strength properties, which strongly depend on knitting pattern and structural characteristics. Six variants of weft knitted structures were developed and knitted from ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and additional elastomeric component. The elastomeric component was used to increase the elasticity and toughness of knits; however, it had a high influence on mechanical properties, as well. The performed mechanical tests allowed us to identify dependence of mechanical properties, such as breaking force and elongation at break and resistance to abrasion, tearing, cutting and puncture, on architecture and structural parameters of the knits. Obtained results demonstrate that elastomeric component has high influence on mechanical properties knits and can change the principal mechanical behaviour of knits.

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“…To achieve improved moisture absorption and release properties of polyester fabrics, profiled polyester fibres have been developed [7][8][9] Good performance of textile fabrics in absorbing, transferring and dissipating moisture can be also achieved by blending hydrophilic and hydrophobic fibres. Combination of hydrophilic and hydrophobic fibre types in textile fabrics has been performed by using blended [10][11][12] or composite yarns [13] or by combining yarns when producing the fabric [14]. Zhu and Takatera [15] investigated the effect of hydrophobic yarns on liquid migration in woven fabrics produced from two different yarns, one being hydrophilic and the second one made of hydrophobic fibre or of a mixture of fibres (cotton/polyester).…”

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Liquid transfer properties of textile fabrics as a function of moisture content

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Liquid transport in textile fabrics determines thermal comfort during high physical activity of a person when liquid perspiration is produced and needs to be transferred away from the skin to keep the thermal balance. In this investigation, an attempt was made to get some indications of how the combination of the fabric composition, geometry and dimensional stability, and the moisture content influences liquid transfer properties of plain weft knitted fabrics. Therefore, the knitted fabrics made from pure hydrophilic (hemp fibres), pure hydrophobic (acrylic fibres) and a hydrophilic/hydrophobic (hemp/acrylic) fibre blend underwent a trial wear and care period. The Malden Mills water distribution test was performed for the knitted fabrics with different moisture contents (0-30 %) in order to evaluate the effect on liquid transfer properties. Water transfer ability and water holding capacity of the knitted fabrics were also determined after undergoing the wear trial test. The obtained results were analysed with respect to macro and micro scales of porosity of knitted fabrics. It has been shown that the geometric configuration of the complex porous network in knitted fabrics influenced their liquid transfer properties in the whole moisture content range regardless of the composition. Despite the reconfiguration of the pore system in the knits during the trial period, their liquid transfer properties were still dependent on the pore size and distribution.

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“…Clothing has an important role in keeping the body comfortable by removing sweat [1]. In everyday life and in an activity when the metabolism is very high, people sweat and perspiration spreads all over the skin, that's why, clothes should transfer quickly the sweat outside to provide physiological comfort for the wearers, especially in sportswear, underwear, working garment or protective clothing, and finally to have a beneficial effect on human health and wellbeing [2][3][4][5][6]. Given that the liquid transfer through textiles is a critical factor that affects tactile and sensorial comfort, it is important to understand liquid transport mechanisms [7][8][9].…”

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Development of the automated software and device for determination of wicking in textiles using open-source tools

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The development of automated software and the device for determination of wicking of textile materials, using open-source ImageJ libraries for image processing, and newly designed additional algorithm for the determination of threshold, is presented in this paper. The description of the device, design of the open-source software “Kapilarko”, as well as an explanation of the steps: image processing, threshold determination and reading of wicking height, are provided. We have also investigated the possibility of using the artificial neural networks for automatic recognition of the wicking height. The results showed that the recognition of the wet area of the sample, based on the application of artificial neural networks was in a very good agreement with the experimental data. The device's utility for the measurement of wicking ability of textile materials was proved by testing various knitted fabrics. The constructed device has the advantages of providing automated measurement and minimization of the subjective errors of the operators; extremely fast or long-term measurements; digital recording of results; consistency of experimental conditions; possibility of using water instead of colors and, last but not least, low cost of the device. Considering the importance and frequent measurements of wicking ability of textile materials, the advantages of the presented device, as well as the fact that commercial software without publishing the source-code, are used for most of the available devices, we believe that our idea to design the automated software and device by applying the "open-source" approach, will be of benefit to scientists and engineers in using or improving wicking experiments.

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Liquid Moisture Transportation Properties of Functional Underwears: Part 1

Cited by 10 publications

References 18 publications

Ultra-Strong Knits for Personal Protective Equipment

Ultra-Strong Knits for Personal Protective Equipment

Liquid transfer properties of textile fabrics as a function of moisture content

Development of the automated software and device for determination of wicking in textiles using open-source tools

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