Low-Stress Mechanical Property Study of Various Functional Fabrics for Tactile Property Evaluation
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Date
2019-12-05
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MDPI
Abstract
Functional finishing brings an alteration on the mechanical and surface properties of textile
materials and henceforth influences the tactile properties. In this work, Kawabata evaluation systems
(KES) for fabrics were utilized to notice the changes in the tactile properties of fabrics resulting
from different finishing types such as inkjet printing, screen printing, and coating. The effects of
functional finishing on the fabric’s tactile property were inconsistent with reference to the course
of decrease or increase being dependent on the types of finishes. The findings showed that KES
can be employed as a promising tool to sort out the suitable functional finishing types in terms
of tactile properties. Amongst the implemented finishing types, inkjet printing offered superior
tactile properties with respect to tensile energy (softness), shear rigidity, compressional softness,
bending stiffness (drapability), and surface properties. The KES results confirmed that low-stress
mechanical properties are strongly associated with the tactile property and might assist as a quality
profile data source for guaranteeing the production and development of a virtuous quality product.
The result encourages further utilization of the KES for functional fabric tactile property evaluation.
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functional fabrics, low-stress mechanical properties, tactile property, KES