Measurement system for characterizing surface friction properties of textile materials

Abstract

A new test method and a measurement system were proposed, which can be used to characterize the surface friction properties of textile materials such as fabrics. The measurement system simulates the dynamic friction contacts between the skin and fabrics under a variety of test conditions in a mechanical measuring device with measuring head and a slider, and can measure both the static and dynamic coefficient of friction of textile materials automatically. A series of indices were defined to characterize the friction performance of the textile materials. The measurement principle, the evaluation method, the experiments and the test results were introduced. The test results show that there are significant differences in the surface friction properties among the fabrics to all indices.