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| Effect of Fabric Structure and Yarn on Capillary Liquid Flow within Fabrics |
| Chunhong Zhu, Masayuki Takatera |
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Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between wicking coe眂ients of fabrics and
yarns. A range of plain fabrics were woven by varying the weave density, yarn count and 痓re content.
From experiments on the in-plane capillary water 皁w within these fabrics and the yarns obtained from
the corresponding fabric, the wicking coe眂ients of fabrics and yarns were determined. The wicking
coe眂ient was higher for lower weave density because of the e甧ctive capillary radius. The results for
four kinds of yarns showed that the 100% cotton yarn and cotton fabric had the highest wicking rate.
Based on scanning electron microscope observation of cross section and longitudinal section of yarns, we
discussed the e甧cts of inter-痓re space and yarn twist on the wicking in皍ence factor and found that
the wicking rate is higher for larger inter-痓re space and yarns with fewer twists.
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Chunhong Zhu,Masayuki Takatera. Effect of Fabric Structure and Yarn on Capillary Liquid Flow within Fabrics[J]. Journal of Fiber Bioengineering and Informatics, 2013, 6(2): 205-215.
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