Abstract

An objective approach to assess the handle of fabrics has been made. In comparison to the conventional pulling-through method, a rounded sample is pulled through a hole and the space between two horizontal plates. Various knitted fabrics have tested by this method and the force-displacement curves obtained analyzed. The results of the correlation test show that the features of the pulling-through curves associate with all mechanical and surface properties, except fabric thickness and compression energy. For this reason, a combination of the features selected from pulling-through curve and the parameters, which reflect the compression properties and thickness of all kinds of fabrics, is recommended

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