Abstract:

Among the different features of fabrics, surface properties play an important role, especially in the case of fabrics used near human skin. The effect of fabric on human skin in direct contact influences the sensorial comfort of clothing usage. The appropriate designing of woven fabrics from the point of view of their stiffness and surface properties can create new possibilities for their application. Particularly 3-dimensional woven fabrics of small-scale evenly distributed three-dimensionality can be applied in therapeutic clothing ensuring micro-massage. At the moment there is a lack of methods enabling the assessment of 3D woven fabrics with a textured surface from the point of view of the geometric structure of the surface. The paper presents preliminary investigations of the surface topography of 3D woven fabrics by means of a laser-scanner for precise 3D measurements.