Unit 1 - Lecture 2 Topic 2 Flashcards
Textile Serviceability:
Measures a textile product’s ability to meet consumers’ needs.
Textile Performance:
The manner in which a textile product responds to use on adverse conditions.
How is serviceability and performance in textile’s measured?
Through durability, comfort and safety, and appearance.
How can textile performance be measured?
Through practical use or simulated use.
How can textile performance be measured?
Through practical use or simulated use.
Durability:
The ability of a textile to retain its physical integrity when placed under mechanical or environmental stresses for a reasonable length of time.
What are the types of durability stresses on textiles?
Mechanical and environmental stresses.
Mechanical stress on textiles:
Abrasion, pulling, tearing, bending, and impact.
Environmental Stress on Textiles:
Extreme temperatures, chemicals, biology, UV light, and water.
What mechanical properties should be seen in durable textiles?
Strength, elasticity, recovery, resilience, elongation, and abrasion resistance.
What mechanical properties should be seen in durable textiles?
Strength, elasticity, recovery, resilience, elongation, and abrasion resistance.
What environmental properties should be seen in durable textiles?
Resistance to acids and bases, solvents, biological attacks, light, heat, and flames.
Comfort:
The ability to provide the body with freedom from pain, freedom from discomfort, and the ability to maintain a neutral state. Comfort is very subjective. Fabric properties and sensory trials help predict whether a fabric will be comfortable.
Physiological/Physical comfort:
Thermophysiological comfort, sensorial comfort, and freedom of movement.
Thermophysiological related comfort properties:
Insulation (air permeability) and moisture management (water resistance, water vapour permeability, wicking, absorption).
