Effects of Yarn and Fabric Construction on Spirality of Cotton Single Jersey Fabrics

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-68

  Tao, Jiang ^a   Dhingra, R C ^a   Chan, C K ^a   Abbas, M S ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTTON FABRICS; DATA PROCESSING; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TESTING; YARN;

JERSEY FABRICS;

WOOLEN AND WORSTED FABRICS;

FABRIC CONSTRUCTION; FABRICS, KNITTED, SINGLE-JERSEY; SPIRALITY; TWIST;

EID: 0030812508     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: 17467748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004051759706700112     Document Type: Article

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