Investigation of Thermal Comfort Properties of Black Fabrics for Abaya
Abaya,a traditional outer garment worn by women in the Middle East,is made from black fabric.Black fabric absorbs most of the heat from sunlight,making the abaya wearer very uncomfortable in hot climate.In order to reduce the amount of heat absorption by abaya and improve its comfort performance,a treatment with solar energy reflecting chemicals is proposed.This could lead to wearer feeling cooler and perspire less.This paper investigates the thermal comfort properties of plain woven fabrics dyed in black and treated with chemicals that would reflect the energy from sunlight.The fabrics were made from either 100% wool or polyester/wool blends.The experimental results showed that the fabrics treated with the energy reflection chemicals give marginal improvement in polyester/wool blend in moisture management and surface roughness as compared to fabrics without the treatment.
Abaya Thermal comfort Moisture management Surface roughness
Salwa Tashkandi Stanley M. Fergusson Li-Jing Wang Sinnappoo Kanesalingam
School of Fashion and Textiles,RMIT University,25 Dawson St.,Brunswick 3056,Melbourne,Australia;Depa School of Fashion and Textiles,RMIT University,25 Dawson St.,Brunswick 3056,Melbourne,Australia
国际会议
第六届纺织生物工程及信息国际会议(The 6th Textile Bioengineering and Informatics Symposium )(TBIS2013)
西安
英文
505-511
2013-09-26（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）