Abstract
This research aims to investigate the effect of physical properties of lining on wearing comfort. The survey on comfort sensations is carried out in summer and winter by wearer trial of skirts, linings of which are made of different types of fibre, and factors relating to wearing comfort are analyzed. Linings are conditioned under four cases corresponding to actual humidity and sweating conditions in summer and winter. Mechanical and surface properties and heat and water transport properties of lining are measured and these properties are related to comfort sensations. As a result, it is found that viscose and cuprammonium rayon are comfortable in summer by wearer trial. The cool/warm feeling is related to gmax and to heat loss, easiness of slip is related to friction coefficient, softness and tactile sensation are related to bending, shearing and compressional properties. It is shown that in summer viscose and cuprammonium rayon are cool and soft, and in winter silk is warm and clinging, and there is no difference among all materials except silk fabric.
