Fundamental Studies on Formability of Clothes Around Curved Surface

Part 2: The Relations Between Formability and Mechanical Properties of Fabrics

Abstract

Formability which indicates the ability of plane fabrics to be fitted on curved surface, is required for constructive tailored clothes.
Formability of different structures of women's fabrics, namely, woven, knitted and non-woven fabrics and its relations with the mechanical properties of the fabrics were studied. The results are summarized as follows:
1) Formability of woven and knitted fabricis is mostly dependent on shearing property and tensile property, respectively.
2) From the analysis of the relations between formability and mechanical properties of the fabrics, it was found that formability was described as a function of (G+HG5), (EMT/LT) and (B+HB) .