THE VENTILATION CAPACITY OF THE STRATIFIED KNITTED FABRICS | Tekstil ve Konfeksiyon | ISSN: 1300-3356
THE VENTILATION CAPACITY OF THE STRATIFIED KNITTED FABRICS
[ Volume: 17 Issue: 3 / JULY - SEPTEMBER 2007 ]
The sport garments used for intense physical activities must have characteristics that will assure the comfort of the user, as well as the desired level of performance.
Air permeability is one of these characteristics, best to define the knitted garments. For knitted fabrics, the value of air permeability is determined by: the structure of the knitted fabric; the nature and the type of the row materials (the yarns); the finishing process. Key Words: Air permeability, double layer knitted fabrics, porosity, volumetric coefficient.