Fan J., Hunter L. Engineering Apparel Fabrics and Garments

Woodhead Publishing Limited and CRC Press LLC, 2009. — 392 p. — ISBN10: 1439809720, ISBN13: 9781439809723.Woodhead Publishing Textiles.As consumer demands increase and global competition intensifies, the industry must find ways of engineering certain performance requirements into textiles and apparel. Written by two highly distinguished authors, this book reviews how fabrics and garments can be engineered to meet technical performance and other characteristics required for the specific end-use. The authors cover fabric and garment handling and making-up performance, and wear appearance issues such as wrinkling, pilling, and bagging. They also discuss fabric and garment drape, durability related issues, physiological and psychological comfort, fire retardancy, waterproofing, breathability, and ultraviolet protection.This book addresses performance-related issues in apparel fabrics and garments, including methods of measuring the various performance characteristics, the infl uence of factors, such as fi bre, yarn, fabric and clothing parameters, on the various performance characteristics, and ways in which these parameters can be selected to achieve specifi c performance requirements.The book is divided into chapters, with Chapter 1 dealing with Handle and Making-up Performance while Chapters 2, 3 and 4 cover wear appearance issues, such as Wrinkling, Pilling and Bagging, respectively. Chapter 5 addresses Fabric and Garment Drape, while Appearance Issues in Garment Processing, including seams, fusing and pressing are dealt with in Chapter 6; Chapter 7 deals with durability-related issues, including abrasion resistance and bursting, tensile and tear strength. Physiological and Psychological Comfort, including tactile, thermophysiological, thermal insulation, moisture transport and ease of movement and pressure comfort, are covered by Chapters 8 and 9; Chapter 10 covers Fire Retardancy and Flammability and Chapter 11 addresses Waterproofi ng and Breathability. The Ultraviolet Protection of fabrics and garments is discussed in Chapter 12 while Chapter 13 deals with Laundry Performance. The Application of Artifi cial Intelligence in Fabric and Garment Engineering is covered in the final Chapter, namely Chapter 14
All chapters include References for further reading.