Experimental Study of the Comfort Properties of Knitted Fabrics and their Joined Elements

Abstract

Assuring the comfort of the human body is one of the most important functions of sportswear and leisure wear. Knitted fabrics should have high air permeability for easily transmit of the perspiration from the skin to the atmosphere as well as to feature with good hand thus making the wearer to feel comfortable. In this research, both hand and air permeability of eight commercially available polyester knitted fabrics and their adhesive bonds were investigated. There was shown that textile structure and adhesive bonds make the significant influence on textile hand and permeability to air making them being worse.