1990 Volume 31 Issue 4 Pages 202-210
Water absorbency of pile fabrics, such as terry fabrics and towelling was studied experimentally with the porous plate method.
The initial rate of absorption in the direction perpendicular to a plane of fabric increased with the amount of compressive loading, and changed remarkably below about 15g/cm2. And it was found that the change of initial rate of absorption depends upon the contact area.
When allowing the absorption in the direction parallel to a plane of fabric, the initial rate of absorption increased more than that in direction perpendicular and increased by about three times as much as the latter.
And it was studied how the initial rate of absorption and saturation absorption relate to fabric structure and some properties. Furthermore the relation between the above mentioned results and that obtaind by strip method was examined.
