Comfort-related properties of the seersucker woven fabrics

Abstract

Clothing creates a barrier between the human body and surroundings. Dependably on the predestination, it protects the human organism against outer factors dangerous for human health and safety. From the point of view of human health and well-being, the comfort-related properties of clothing are very important. The aim of presented work is to investigate the seersucker woven fabrics in the range of their comfort-related properties and to analyse an influence of the structure of fabrics on their properties. 9 variants of the seersucker woven fabrics were the objects of the investigation. The fabrics were manufactured from cotton yarns. In the experimental fabrics, 3 kinds of repeat of the seersucker pattern and 3 kinds of weft yarns were applied. Measurements of the comfort-related properties of the investigated fabrics have been performed using the following testing devices: Alambeta, Permetest and Moisture Management Tester. Results showed that both structural factors of fabrics: repeat of the seersucker effect and a kind of weft yarn influence the thermal insulation properties of the fabrics being investigated. Especially, the repeat of the seersucker effect influences the thermal conductivity, thermal absorptivity and thermal resistance in the statistically significant way at the probability level p = 0.05.