Originally published as International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology, Volume 20, Issue 3

ISBN: 1 84663 871 8

Guest Edited by: Xianyi Zeng and Ludovic Koehl

The engineering of aesthetic and functional requirements in textile fabrics and garments has been a topic of research and development for many years. With new materials and processes and with new end uses this continues to preoccupy researches even more so nowadays. The modelling of the performance of a textile, the design and styling of a garment and its perception are areas that are covered in this special issue, which consists of five extended research papers carefully chosen from the CESA multiconference on Computational Engineering in System Applications which took place between the 4th and 6th of October 2006 in China.

Contents:

Pore network modelling using image processing techniques: Application to the nonwoven material

The knowledge of structural parameters of nonwovens media is poorly understood. The pores size distribution (PSD) function is one of those parameters. The difficulty is not only the understanding of the distribution of pores but also the identification of pores geometry distribution (PGD) and their behaviour concerning the dynamic fluid transportation. The purpose of this paper is to present an efficient and reliable method based on image analysis which on one hand, performs the estimation of the PSD function and takes into account the geometric aspect of pores, and on the other hand, analyses liquid wicking in very thin filter media.

Modelling and simulation of filtration through woven media

This paper aims to discuss the development of a software tool UniverFilter™ which is capable of geometrical modelling of 3D woven fabrics, interfacing with computational fluid dynamics tools to numerically determine the fluid (and more specifically liquid) flow path and simulating the filtration process by introducing particles of various shapes and sizes.

A new method of ease allowance generation for personalization of garment design

The purpose of this paper is to present recent work for optimizing the estimation of ease allowance of a garment using fuzzy logic and sensory evaluation.

The sensory research on the style of women's overcoats

The research in this paper aims to investigate the perception created by clothing style and semantic space to describe this perception. The results of study could be applied to establish relation between customers' feelings and design elements.

Analysis and evaluation of color perception

The research documented in this paper aims to identify the components and characters of color perception and to establish the basis for color perception description and evaluation.

About International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology

The International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology is a specialized journal for all those involved with clothing; whether in fabric, design, production, machinery, management or retailing. It is a refereed publication and is proud to enjoy the highest standard of editorial professionals, reviewers and authors. IJCST is not just a journal, it is seen as a means of putting the international community of researchers and industry in touch with one another.

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