It is the purpose of this paper to examine how the shrinkage of baby's underwear varies with the number of launderings and to find out some factors affecting the shrinkage behavior. Further, It is also purpose to find out the relationship between the shrinkage of fabrics due to repeated laundering only and the shrinkage of shirts due to repeated wearing and laundering cycles. The results are as follows:
(1) A linear relationship was recognized between the square root of the number of launderings,
√N and the shrinkage
Sof the specimen;
S=a√N+b, Where“
a”and“
b”are constants.
(2) Constant“
a”in wale direction is generally positive value and that in course direction is negative value. In other words, a fabric tends to shrink in wale direction and to expand in course direction.
(3) The absolute values of constant“
a”and“
b”of the course direction are larger than those of the wale direction.
(4) The important factors which influence the shrinkage behavior are dimensional ratio of (length/width) of the specimen, weight per unit area and cotton contents. Increasing dimensional ratio and weight and decreasing cotton contents tend to increase the dimensional stability.
(5) When the dimensional ratio of (length/width) of the specimen was nearly equal to that of (full length/hem girth) of shirt, the correlation was significantly recognized between shrinkage behavior of full length of shirt and wale direction of the specimen. And the correlation was also significantly recognized between shrinkage behaviors of trunk width and hem girth of shirt and course direction the specimen.
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