The influence of woven stretch fabric properties on garment design and pattern construction

Transactions of the Institute of Measurement & Control

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-14

  Tsai, I Chin D ^a   Cassidy, Carol ^a   Cassidy, Tom ^a   Shen, Jinsong ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

computerized body measurement; pattern modification; woven stretch fabric

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; ELASTICITY; FABRICS; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TENSILE TESTING;

COMPUTERIZED BODY MEASUREMENT; PATTERN MODIFICATION; WOVEN STRETCH FABRIC;

GARMENT MANUFACTURE;

EID: 0036213576     PISSN: 01423312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0142331202tm048oa     Document Type: Article

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