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Effect of seamed viscose fabric on drape coefficient
Önder Yücel
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Drape is one of the most important fabric aesthetic properties and determines the adjustment of clothing to the human silhouette. Although there are many studies related to the drape structure of seamless fabrics, knowledge about the drape behavior of seamed fabrics is very limited. This study aims to examine the effect of seamed viscose fabric on the drape coefficient. For this purpose, 9 different viscose fabrics and 4 different stitch types like lock stitch, chain stitch, three-thread overlock and four-thread overlock stitch were selected. 2 different stitch densities were applied to seamed fabrics for determining the effect of changing stitch density on the drape coefficient (DC). Seam operations increase the DC of fabrics. This means that the fabric drape is decreased by seam operations. Increase in stitch density increases the DC. This effect is quite clear for light and medium weight viscose fabrics compared to the heavy weight viscose fabrics. The difference of the DC due to the changing of stitch density was found to be minimum in the fabric seamed with three-thread overlock except for the fabric 107 and 118 gm-2 in weight. The biggest differences of DC due to the changing of stitch density were observed in the fabrics seamed with chain and lock stitch, respectively. Strong correlation was found between the drape coefficient of unseamed fabric with fabric weight and thickness. Correlation coefficients (r) are 0,96 and 0,89, respectively. In like manner, values of the drape coefficient of seamed fabrics have a high correlation with fabric weight (r= 0,93) and thickness (r= 0,84).
Ključne riječi
viscose fabric; drape; garment
Hrčak ID:
138669
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.8.2012.
Posjeta: 1.535 *