Fabric-Evoked Prickle in Worsted Spun Single Jersey Fabrics Part I: The Role of Fiber End Diameter Characteristics

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 288-295

  Naylor, G R S ^a   Phillips, D G ^a   Veitch, C J ^a   Dolling, M ^b   Marland, D J ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c AGRICULTURE VICTORIA RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALCULATIONS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); TESTING; WEAR OF MATERIALS; WOOL FIBERS;

FABRIC EVOKED PRICKLE; PRICKLE SENSATION; WOOL FABRICS; WORSTED SPUN SINGLE JERSEY FABRICS;

WOOLEN AND WORSTED FABRICS;

FABRIC PROPERTIES; FIBRE DIAMETER; PRICKLE, FABRIC-EVOKED; WOOL FABRICS, APPAREL; WOOL FABRICS, KNITTED, WORSTED; WOOL FIBRES;

EID: 0031126536     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: 17467748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004051759706700408     Document Type: Article

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