Engineering of Knitted Cotton Fabrics for Optimum Comfort in a Hot Climate
Research and development
Authors:
- Mal Prithwiraj
National Institute of Fashion Technology, Hyderabad, India - Ghosh Anindya
Government College of Engineering & Textile Technology, Berhampore, India - Majumdar Abhijit
Department of Textile Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India - Banerjee Debamalya
Department of Production Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
Nr DOI: 10.5604/12303666.1191434
 Full text | references | Abstract: Cotton knitted fabrics are popular for summer-wear and outer-wear due to their comfort. The typical porous structure of knitted fabrics, however, increases the risk of exposure of human skin to UV rays, resulting in skin cancer. Therefore a trade-off is required between the comfort and UV ray resistance of the fabric. In this study, an attempt was made to engineer single jersey and 1×1 rib knitted fabrics with optimum comfort and desired UV resistance. It was found that 1×1 rib knitted fabrics could provide better comfort and UV protection with respect to single jersey fabrics manufactured on the same gauge knitting machine. |
Tags:
air-permeability, optimum comfort, single objective optimization, thermalconductivity, UPF.
Citation:
Mal P, Ghosh A, Majumdar A, Banerjee D. Engineering of Knitted Cotton Fabrics for Optimum Comfort in a Hot Climate. FIBRES & TEXTILES in Eastern Europe 2016, Vol. 24, 2(116): 102-106. DOI: 10.5604/12303666.1191434