TY - JOUR TI - Hybrid composites from coir fibers reinforced with woven glass fabrics: Physical and mechanical evaluation AU - Hamouda, Tamer AU - Hassanin, Ahmed H. AU - Kilic, Ali AU - Candan, Zeki AU - Bodur, Mehmet Safa T2 - Polymer Composites AB - Sandwich composites based on coir fiber nonwoven mats as core material were manufactured by Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding technique. Mechanical and physical properties of produced coir/polyester and coir‐glass/polyester composites were assessed. Samples were evaluated according to their reinforcement contents, resin contents, areal density, and thickness. Tests on physical properties revealed that coir‐glass/polyester sandwich structure has the lowest values of thickness swelling, water absorption and moisture contents compared with coir/polyester composite. Mechanical tests such as tensile strength, open‐hole tensile strength, and flexural strength were also performed on all samples. Coir‐glass/polyester sandwich structure showed significant increase in tensile strength of 70 MPa compared with 8 MPa of coir/polyester composite. Introducing two skins of fiber glass woven roving to coir/polyester increased its flexural strength from 31.8 to 131.8 MPa for coir‐glass/polyester. POLYM. COMPOS., 38:2212–2220, 2017. © 2015 Society of Plastics Engineers DA - 2017/10// PY - 2017/10// DO - 10.1002/pc.23799 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pc.23799 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Fabrication of PAN-TCF-hydrazone nanofibers by solution blowing spinning technique: Naked-eye colorimetric sensor AU - Khattab, Tawfik A. AU - Rehan, Mohamed AU - Aly, Sherif Abdelmoez AU - Hamouda, Tamer AU - Haggag, Karima M. AU - Klapötke, Thomas M. T2 - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering AB - A robust and reusable solid state colorimetric sensor for alkaline vapors and aqueous media is developed by embedding a novel tricyanofuran-hydrazone (TCF-H) pH-sensory disperse dye bearing a hydrazone recognition moiety into a polyacrylonitrile (PAN) matrix. UV/vis absorption and fluorescence spectra exhibit solvatochromism and reversible color change of the TCF-H colorant solution in acetonitrile under acid-base conditions. The solution blowing spinning technique is employed to develop the PAN-TCF-H nanofibrous colorimetric sensor. The approach adopted in the present study is based on entrapping TCF-H sensor within the polyacrylonitrile nanofibrous matrix that can afford simple numerical results for the pH of alkaline vapors and aqueous media. The vapochromic nanofibers provide an instant color change signal from light pink to blue upon exposure to alkaline vapors or aqueous media as indicated by the coloration measurements. Moreover, the nanofibers film sensor display fast response time (instant color change), concentration detection limit as low as 4.08 ppb for alkaline fluids, and very good reversibility. Recognition of alkaline vapors occurs via proton transfer of the hydrazone moiety to the base and is assisted by the strong electron withdrawing TCF moiety. The morphological properties of the nanofibrous sensor are determined by scanning electron microscopy, which showed that nanofibers with an average diameter range of 178–214 nm formed a nonwoven mat. DA - 2017/6// PY - 2017/6// DO - 10.1016/j.jece.2017.05.001 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2017.05.001 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Complex three- dimensional-shaped knitting preforms for composite application AU - Hamouda, T T2 - Journal of Industrial Textiles AB - For decades, street lighting and electric poles are made of metal and it is vulnerable to corrosion due to the harsh weather and chemicals. To overcome such essential problems, galvanized iron is used although it adds more hard work to increase the manufacturing cost. Therefore, fiber reinforced polymer lighting pole is proposed. Fiber reinforced polymer materials possess many advantages such as corrosion resistance, high specific strength and stiffness, etc. Two-dimensional woven fabrics and three-dimensional woven fabrics preforms are used to produce composite structures. However, complex shapes cannot be manufactured as a one piece preform. Woven fabrics, whether two-dimensional or three-dimensional need to be cut into patterns to finally produce the complex shapes. These processes add more cost and time to the final composite products. In this research, innovative technique to produce a three-dimensional complex shape knitted preform using regular flat-knitting machine will be presented. Production of such shaped three-dimensional preform permits the production of one piece-shaped preform without any connection or further sewing processes. Produced knitted preform can be used for various reinforcement applications such as light and communication poles, scaffold façades, traffic sign, oars, and wind mill blades. DA - 2017/3// PY - 2017/3// DO - 10.1177/1528083715624260 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1528083715624260 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Biological Performance of Novel Hybrid Green Composites Produced from Glass Fibers and Jute Fabric Skin by the VARTM Process AU - Terzi, Evren AU - Kartal, Saip Nami AU - Muin, Musrizal AU - Hassanin, Ahmed H. AU - Hamouda, Tamer AU - Kılıç, Ali AU - Candan, Zeki T2 - BioResources AB - Environmentally friendly composites are increasingly used in building applications that require fungal and insect resistance. This study evaluated the ability of both wood-degrading and mold fungi to decompose hybrid composites made of wood furnish, glass fibers, and jute fabric skin. Fungal decay resistance tests employed brown-rot fungus (Fomitopsis palustris) and white-rot fungus (Trametes versicolor). Mold resistance tests were performed with a mixture of three mold fungi, Aspergillus niger, Penicillium chrysogenum, and Trichoderma viride. The test specimens were also bio-assayed against termites in both laboratory and field conditions. When compared to control composites specimens produced by conventional methods without glass fiber and jute, the specimens with/without glass fiber and jute fabric manufactured by the VARTM process showed high resistance against the wood-degrading fungi and termites under laboratory and field conditions; however, mold fungal growth was observed on the surfaces of the specimens with 10%, 15%, and 20% glass fiber (without jute fabric) and with 5%, 10%, and 15% glass fiber (with jute fabric). In geographical locations with severe decay and termite hazards, these composite products may have a long service life as alternatives to conventional composites. DA - 2017/11/29/ PY - 2017/11/29/ DO - 10.15376/biores.13.1.662-677 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.15376/biores.13.1.662-677 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Simultaneous Optimization of Woven Fabric Properties Using Principal Component Analysis AU - Umair, M. AU - Shaker, K. AU - Ahmad, N. AU - Hussain, M. AU - Jabbar, M. AU - Nawab, Y. T2 - Journal of Natural Fibers AB - The yarn structure and fabric interlacing pattern are determining parameters for fabric properties. The current study focusses on the multi-response optimization of certain fabric properties like shrinkage, areal density, thickness, flexural rigidity, and bending modulus using principal component analysis for optimum properties. Yarn twist (four different levels), fabric weave design (plain and twill), and yarn type (carded and combed) were the variables of the study. The Taguchi approach of the orthogonal array was sued for designing the experiments, and eight different samples were produced. The yarn twist and fabric weave design were found to have significant effect on these properties of the fabric. Furthermore, using analysis of the variance method, contribution% of parameters to these properties was determined. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1080/15440478.2017.1279994 VL - 14 IS - 6 SP - 846-857 UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85013130900&partnerID=MN8TOARS ER - TY - JOUR TI - Optimizing the performance of woven protective gloves using grey relational analysis AU - Jabbar, M. AU - Shaker, K. AU - Umair, M. AU - Nawab, Y. T2 - Journal of the Textile Institute AB - This study investigates the performance level of different protective gloves produced from woven fabrics, and optimizing their performance using grey relational analysis (GRA). The fabric areal density and poly vinyl chloride (PVC) dotting were the variables used to produce nine different glove samples. The performance of developed gloves was evaluated in terms of abrasion resistance, blade cut resistance, puncture resistance and tear strength. It was concluded that cut and puncture resistance are not affected by dotting type or increase in areal density (GSM). Tear resistance is improved by increasing GSM of the fabric, while abrasion resistance increases with increase in the diameter of dot. The grey relational analysis was performed to optimize the performance of gloves. It was found that the glove produced with 559 GSM fabric and 35 dots/inch2 offered best performance against all responses. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1080/00405000.2017.1281709 VL - 108 IS - 10 SP - 1715-1719 UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85009758501&partnerID=MN8TOARS ER - TY - JOUR TI - Multi-response optimization of mechanical and comfort properties of bi-stretch woven fabrics using grey relational analysis in Taguchi method AU - Maqsood, M. AU - Hussain, T. AU - Ahmad, N. AU - Nawab, Y. T2 - Journal of the Textile Institute AB - The present paper envisages the multi-response optimization of certain factors like elastane linear density, fabric thread density and weave float on some mechanical, (i.e. stretch %, recovery %) and comfort (i.e. air permeability) properties of bi-stretch woven fabrics, under L18 orthogonal array in Taguchi design. Fabric samples were produced using elastane core-spun cotton yarns both in the warp and weft. The elastane linear density, fabric thread density and weave float size were used as predictor variables, while fabric air permeability, stretch and recovery were taken as response variables. Two different elastane linear densities, i.e. 44 dtex and 78 dtex, 3 different thread densities and 3 different weave designs, i.e. 1/1 plain, 2/2 z-twill and 3/3 z-twill were used. The results have been analysed using grey relational analysis for the identification of an optimum level of process factors. Furthermore, using analysis of variance method, significant contributions of predictor variables were determined. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1080/00405000.2016.1191721 VL - 108 IS - 5 SP - 794-802 UR - https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/442701/ ER - TY - JOUR TI - Investigation of multi-layered woven car seatbelts with optimum performance AU - Zulifqar, A. AU - Shaker, K. AU - Nawab, Y. AU - Umair, M. AU - Baitab, D.M. AU - Maqsood, M. T2 - Industria Textila DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// VL - 68 IS - 2 SP - 77-82 UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85020037207&partnerID=MN8TOARS ER - TY - JOUR TI - The development of novel auxetic woven structure for impact applications AU - Liaqat, M. AU - Samad, H.A. AU - Hamdani, S.T.A. AU - Nawab, Y. T2 - Journal of the Textile Institute AB - Nowadays, the auxetic materials, auxetic reinforcement as well as auxetic composite are under the great attention of scientific research due to having excellent mechanical properties. In the current research work, the impact resistance of composite was improved by modifying the four layer through the thickness woven structure, that was used as reinforcement. A comparison was made between the standard four layer through the thickness and modified four layer through the thickness woven structure in terms of auxeticity and penetration. The modified four layer through the thickness woven structure showed auxetic behavior in both warp and weft direction having less penetration resistance as compared to standard sample. The four layer through the thickness non-auxetic woven structures and modified auxetic four layer thorough the thickness woven structures were used as reinforcements to develop composite for impact resistance comparison. The result showed that impact resistance of auxetic composite was 6.7% greater as compared to the non-auxetic composite. It was concluded that the greater value of impact resistance was due to the auxetic behavior of modified four layer through the thickness woven structure. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1080/00405000.2016.1239330 VL - 108 IS - 7 SP - 1264-1270 UR - https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/724584/ ER - TY - JOUR TI - Study of dynamic compressive behaviour of aramid and ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene composites using Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar AU - Shaker, K. AU - Jabbar, A. AU - Karahan, M. AU - Karahan, N. AU - Nawab, Y. T2 - Journal of Composite Materials AB - In this paper, high strain rate compression properties of aramid and ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene composites in the out-of-plane direction are tested at room temperature on a Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar apparatus. Tests were conducted on composites reinforced with woven or Uni-Directional (UD) fabrics made from aramid or ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene as well as on composites reinforced with hybrid reinforcement. The strain rate is varied in the tests by changing the projectile shooting pressure. Four different pressures 2, 4, 6 and 8 bar were selected to change the strain rate. Stress–strain and energy absorption behaviour of eight type of samples were noted. Hybrid samples showed better performance in the energy absorption compared with other samples. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1177/0021998316635241 VL - 51 IS - 1 SP - 81-94 UR - https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/990653/ ER - TY - JOUR TI - Simulation of air bubble’s creation, compression, and transport phenomena in resin transfer moulding AU - Aaboud, B. AU - Saouab, A. AU - Nawab, Y. T2 - Journal of Composite Materials AB - The presence of air bubbles impacts the quality of the produced composite part, by reducing its mechanical properties, and also it might degrade its surface finish. The modelling of air bubbles entrapment requires the consideration of three phenomena: air bubble’s creation, compression and transport. Very few studies have been conducted on this latter phenomenon. The model developed in this work is proposed for a unidirectional reinforcement. It is integrated into a simulation code of resin transfer moulding process, via the control volume finite element method. That model takes into account the dual scale pores in fibrous media, and simulates the three said phenomena highlighting the migration phenomenon and the coexistence of micro and macro air bubbles. As a result, the spatial distribution of created, compressed and transported air bubbles as well as its macro and micro remaining quantities, in the end of the injection are estimated. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1177/0021998317697481 VL - 51 IS - 29 SP - 4115-4127 UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85033795813&partnerID=MN8TOARS ER - TY - JOUR TI - Recycling of warp size materials and comparison of yarn mechanical properties sized with recycled materials and virgin materials AU - Maqsood, M. AU - Khan, M.I. AU - Shaker, K. AU - Umair, M. AU - Nawab, Y. T2 - Journal of the Textile Institute AB - Warp sizing is an established method for improving the weaveability of textile yarns by coating or impregnating warp yarns with a polymer that improves the efficiency of the weaving operation. Despite its high cost, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) normally shows better adhesion to fibers than other sizing agents like starch which makes it an essential constituent of size liquor recipe. However PVA desized effluent is a major chemical oxygen demand contributor to a textile plant’s primary oxygenation treatment of water operation and being biologically inert and presents a major threat to the environment. Therefore, the recovery and recycling of PVA will not only be cost-effective but will also be eco-friendly. The aim of this research work is to recycle the warp size materials and to study the comparison of yarn mechanical properties sized with recycled materials to the properties of yarn sized with conventional sizing. Ultrafiltration reverse osmosis technology is used for the recovery and recycling of PVA size material. For this purpose, Ne 16/1 and Ne 21/1 carded 100% cotton yarns were used and sized with both conventional sizing recipe and by 50% recycled PVA together with 50% fresh sizing recipe. It was found that yarn sized through recycled PVA sizing recipe has almost the same (slightly lower) mechanical properties such as tensile strength, elongation and abrasion resistance as compared to yarn sized through conventional sizing recipe. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1080/00405000.2016.1153875 VL - 108 IS - 1 SP - 84-88 UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84961209107&partnerID=MN8TOARS ER - TY - JOUR TI - Preparation of conductive polyethylene terephthalate yarns by deposition of silver & copper nanoparticles AU - Ahmad, S. AU - Ashraf, M. AU - Ali, A. AU - Shaker, K. AU - Umair, M. AU - Afzal, A. AU - Nawab, Y. AU - Rasheed, A. T2 - Fibres and Textiles in Eastern Europe AB - The assemblage of textiles and electronics in a single structure has led to the development of smart textiles for functional purposes and special products. Conductive yarn as a necessary component of smart textiles is being developed by a number of techniques. The objective of the current study was to impart conductivity to yarn by coating the silver and copper nanoparticles on the surface of multifilament polyester textile fibres. The surface morphology and electrical conductivity of the coated yarns were investigated. The wash ability of the conductive yarns developed was also studied. The yarns showed good retention of the nanoparticles, as proven by the very small loss of the conductivity of the material. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.5604/01.3001.0010.4623 VL - 25 IS - 5 SP - 25-30 UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85032675551&partnerID=MN8TOARS ER - TY - JOUR TI - Investigation of multi-layered woven car seatbelts with optimum performance T2 - Industria Textila DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// UR - https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/990646/ ER - TY - JOUR TI - Investigation of mechanical behavior of woven/knitted hybrid composites AU - Ashraf, W. AU - Nawab, Y. AU - Umair, M. AU - Shaker, K. AU - Karahan, M. T2 - Journal of the Textile Institute AB - The objective of this research is to develop the woven/knitted hybrid composites for improved in plane as well as out of plane mechanical properties. Two different type of structures and two different materials were used in this study. Firstly, the woven and knitted fabrics were developed with glass and Kevlar yarn. Secondly, the laminated composite samples were fabricated with different stacking sequence of fabric plies. The epoxy resin was used as matrix. The cured samples were characterized for impact, tensile and dynamic mechanical properties. The behavior of composite materials was then analyzed with percentages of different fiber and fabric types. The samples with higher percentages of knitted reinforcement gave better impact strength but failed to provide better tensile properties. Moreover, the samples with higher percentages of woven structure and glass materials gives better modulus values. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1080/00405000.2016.1258951 VL - 108 IS - 9 SP - 1510-1517 UR - https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/607787/ ER - TY - JOUR TI - Investigating the mechanical behavior of composites made from textile industry waste AU - Umar, M. AU - Shaker, K. AU - Ahmad, S. AU - Nawab, Y. AU - Umair, M. AU - Maqsood, M. T2 - Journal of the Textile Institute AB - Recycling the waste for environmental protection has been an important challenge for the mankind. The fibrous waste in textile industry accounts for approximately 15% of the amount of fibers used, leading to a lower yield %. The current study focused to use this waste as reinforcement to produce a fiber-reinforced polymer composites. Reinforcements were woven in 3/1 S twill, using yarn produced from noil waste and knitting waste in the weft direction. The weft yarn count, type of waste material and number of picks were the variables of study. Laminated composites were fabricated from these reinforcements and the mechanical properties (tensile, bending and impact) were compared to the conventional glass fiber composites. The specific mechanical properties of these composites were found comparable or less than that of glass fiber composites. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1080/00405000.2016.1193982 VL - 108 IS - 5 SP - 835-839 UR - https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/442702/ ER - TY - JOUR TI - Investigating the effect of material and weave design on comfort properties of bilayer-woven fabrics AU - Nazir, M.U. AU - Shaker, K. AU - Nawab, Y. AU - Fazal, M.Z. AU - Khan, M.I. AU - Umair, M. T2 - Journal of the Textile Institute AB - The paper focuses on the development of a bilayer-woven fabric and investigating the effect of weave design and material type on its comfort properties. Face layer was plain woven with cotton yarn, while two different weave designs (2/2 and 3/1 twill) and four different materials (cotton, polyester, micropolyester and nylon) were used for the back layer. The comfort properties of fabric, including air permeability (AP), thermal resistance, water vapour resistance and overall moisture management capacity, were determined. It was found that both the layers of fabric as a whole contribute to the comfort properties of bilayer fabric. The highest AP was exhibited by fabrics having both layers of cotton, while 3/1 twill samples have a lower value of thermal resistance as compared to the 2/2 twill samples. The results further showed that micro polyester woven in 3/1 twill weave exhibits better comfort properties. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1080/00405000.2016.1247616 VL - 108 IS - 8 SP - 1319-1326 UR - https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/724583/ ER - TY - JOUR TI - Interdependence of moisture, mechanical properties, and hydrophobic treatment of jute fibre-reinforced composite materials AU - Ameer, M.H. AU - Shaker, K. AU - Ashraf, M. AU - Karahan, M. AU - Nawab, Y. AU - Ahmad, S. AU - Ali Nasir, M. T2 - Journal of the Textile Institute AB - Despite cheap and sustainable in nature, the use of natural fiber composites is limited due to their high moisture absorption, poor fiber–matrix interface, and lack of data on evolution of properties when subjected to environmental factor such as temperature and humidity. The aim of this research is to study the interdependence of moisture regain, hydrophobic treatment, and the mechanical properties of jute fiber-reinforced composite materials. Composite samples made from treated and untreated jute fiber-reinforced composites were exposed to humid environment and their moisture regain, mechanical properties and fiber-matrix interface was tested at given time intervals until four weeks. The composites produced with hydrophobic treated reinforcement showed lesser moisture regain and improvement in the tensile and flexural strengths compared to untreated fabric composite. A clear improvement in fiber-resin interface was observed by scanning electronic microscopy. The dynamic mechanical analysis of treated and untreated composites was conducted in a temperature range 20–140 °C. An increase in the storage modulus of treated composite materials was noted as compared to untreated ones. Furthermore, it was concluded that developed composite loss their mechanical properties linearly with immersion time. However, this aging was slow in treated fabric composites especially hybrid fluorocarbon and fluorocarbon. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1080/00405000.2017.1285201 VL - 108 IS - 10 SP - 1768-1776 UR - https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/990649/ ER - TY - JOUR TI - CHARACTERIZATION AND STATISTICAL MODELLING OF THERMAL RESISTANCE OF COTTON/POLYESTER BLENDED DOUBLE LAYER INTERLOCK KNITTED FABRICS AU - Afzal, A. AU - Ahmad, S. AU - Rasheed, A. AU - Mohsin, M. AU - Ahmad, F. AU - Nawab, Y. T2 - Thermal Science AB - The aim of this study was to analyse and model the effect of knitting parameters on the thermal resistance of cotton/polyester double layer interlock knitted fabrics. Fabric samples of areal densities ranging from 310-495 g/m2 were knitted using yarns of three different cotton/polyester blends, each of two different linear densities by systematically varying knitting loop lengths for achieving different cover factors. It was found that by changing the polyester content in the inner and outer fabric layer from 40 to 65% in the double layer knitted fabric has statistically significant effect on the fabric thermal resistance. Fabric thermal resistance increased with increase in relative specific heat of outer fabric layer, yarn linear density, loop length, and fabric thickness while decrease in fabric areal density. It was concluded that response surface regression modelling could be successfully used for the prediction of thermal resistance of double layer interlock knitted fabrics. The model was validated by unseen data set and it was found that the actual and predicted values were in good agreement with each other with less than 10% absolute error. Sensitivity analysis was also performed to find out the relative contribution of each input parameter on the air permeability of the double layer interlock knitted fabrics. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.2298/TSCI150520201A VL - 21 IS - 6 SP - 2393-2403 UR - https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/277485/ ER - TY - JOUR TI - INFLUENCE OF FABRIC PARAMETERS ON THERMAL COMFORT PERFORMANCE OF DOUBLE LAYER KNITTED INTERLOCK FABRICS AU - Afzal, A. AU - Ahmad, S. AU - Rasheed, A. AU - Ahmad, F. AU - Iftikhar, F. AU - Nawab, Y. T2 - Autex Research Journal AB - Abstract The aim of this study was to analyse the effects of various fabric parameters on the thermal resistance, thermal conductivity, thermal transmittance, thermal absorptivity and thermal insulation of polyester/cotton double layer knitted interlock fabrics. It was found that by increasing fibre content with higher specific heat increases the thermal insulation while decreases the thermal transmittance and absorptivity of the fabric. It was concluded that double layer knitted fabrics developed with higher specific heat fibres, coarser yarn linear densities, higher knitting loop length and fabric thickness could be adequately used for winter clothing purposes. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1515/AUT-2015-0037 VL - 17 IS - 1 SP - 20-26 UR - https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/990648/ ER - TY - BOOK TI - Conventional woven structures AU - Nawab, Y. AU - Ali Hamdani, S.T. AU - Shaker, K. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1201/9781315390406 SE - 47-83 UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85052770074&partnerID=MN8TOARS ER - TY - BOOK TI - Composite materials testing AU - Shaker, K. AU - Nawab, Y. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1201/b21272 SE - 247-270 UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85054228766&partnerID=MN8TOARS ER - TY - JOUR TI - Composite Materials Testing T2 - Advanced Textile Testing Techniques DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// UR - https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/27557872/ ER - TY - JOUR TI - Characterisation and modelling of thermal expansion coefficient of woven carbon/epoxy composite and its application to the determination of spring-in AU - Nawab, Y. AU - Sonnenfeld, C. AU - Saouab, A. AU - Agogué, R. AU - Beauchêne, P. T2 - Journal of Composite Materials AB - Properties of resin and composite, especially anisotropic coefficients of thermal expansion, are very crucial to precisely determine residual stress generated in a composite part. No comprehensive study is available in the literature to determine these properties for woven composites and then its application to model residual stress in woven carbon epoxy composite parts. In the present article, experimental results on thermal coefficients of RTM6 epoxy resin as well carbon/epoxy woven composites obtained using different experimental techniques are compared with homogenised coefficients of thermal expansion results. Evolution of spring-in angle of L-shaped carbon/epoxy woven composite (during and after cure) with three different thicknesses is modelled by simultaneously solving the thermal-kinetics and thermal-chemical-mechanics coupling by using finite element code COMSOL Multiphysics. Objective was to quantify the contribution of curing and cooling to the formation of residual stress. Anisotropic properties of composite, during and after cure, required for numerical simulation are obtained using an analytical method. Variation in properties with degree of cure and thermal gradients induced in the part during fabrication are considered while modelling. Modelled properties of cured composites were compared with experimental values and were found in agreement. The spring-in angle values obtained by numerical simulation are compared with the results of the analytical model as well as experiments. Effect of variation of fibre volume fraction and presence of thermal gradients on spring-in was studied as well. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1177/0021998316661404 VL - 51 IS - 11 SP - 1527-1538 UR - https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/990647/ ER - TY - JOUR TI - A Study on the Twist Loss in Weft Yarn During Air Jet Weaving T2 - Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// UR - https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/2452966/ ER - TY - JOUR TI - Comparison of compression properties of stretchable knitted fabrics and bi-stretch woven fabrics for compression garments AU - Maqsood, M. AU - Nawab, Y. AU - Umar, J. AU - Umair, M. AU - Shaker, K. T2 - Journal of the Textile Institute AB - Stretchable fabrics have diverse applications ranging from casual apparel to performance sportswear and compression therapy. Compression therapy is the universally accepted treatment for the management of hypertrophic scarring after severe burns. Mostly stretchable knitted fabrics are used in compression therapy; but in the recent past, some studies have also been found on bi-stretch woven fabrics being used as compression garments as they also have been found quite effective in the treatment of edema. Therefore, the objective of the present study is to compare the compression properties of stretchable knitted and bi-stretch woven fabrics for compression garments. For this purpose, four woven structures and four knitted structures were produced having same areal density and their compression, comfort and mechanical properties were compared before and after 5, 10 and 15 washes. The four knitted structures used were single jersey, single locaste, plain pique and honeycomb, whereas the four woven structures produced were 1/1 plain, 2/1 twill, 3/1 twill and 4/1 twill. The compression properties of the produced samples were tested by using kikuhime pressure sensor and it was found that bi-stretch woven fabrics possessed better compression properties before and after washes and retain their durability after repeated use, whereas knitted stretchable fabrics lost their compression ability after repeated use and the required sub-garment pressure of the knitted structures after 15 washes was almost half that of woven bi-stretch fabrics. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1080/00405000.2016.1172432 VL - 108 IS - 4 SP - 522-527 UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84963499927&partnerID=MN8TOARS ER - TY - JOUR TI - A study on the twist loss in weft yarn during air jet weaving AU - Umair, M. AU - Shaker, K. AU - Nawab, Y. AU - Rasheed, A. AU - Ahmad, S. T2 - Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// VL - 12 IS - 4 SP - 1-6 UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85036662662&partnerID=MN8TOARS ER - TY - CONF TI - Finance Strategies and Management AU - Hergeth, Helmut T2 - SipChem C2 - 2017/11/5/ CY - Jubail Industrial City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia DA - 2017/11/5/ PY - 2017/11/5/ ER - TY - JOUR TI - The use of 3D body scanning technology to assess the effectiveness of shapewear: changes in body shape and attractiveness AU - Zhang, Ling AU - Shin, Eonyou AU - Hwang, Chanmi AU - Baytar, Fatma T2 - International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education AB - This study investigated the effectiveness of shapewear by examining changes in body shape (CBS) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) using 3D body scanning technologies and by exploring an understanding of individuals’ perceived body shape and body attractiveness. Using a mixed methods research design, a total of 24 female respondents participated in one of two sessions: quantitative session (n = 13) and follow-up qualitative session (n = 11). The results showed that measured CBS were inconsistent with the perceived CBS: a majority of the participants perceived CBS because wearing a shapewear helped them get closer to an hourglass shape and become straighter in the posture, which were not corresponding to the body measurements. Furthermore, significantly lower WHR was partially consistent to perceived attractiveness in general. However, a few participants perceived their bodies as more attractive although their WHR were not changed or even increased. DA - 2017/5/4/ PY - 2017/5/4/ DO - 10.1080/17543266.2016.1225824 VL - 10 IS - 2 SP - 190-199 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17543266.2016.1225824 ER - TY - SOUND TI - Strategic Management and Technological Change AU - Hergeth, Helmut DA - 2017/3/1/ PY - 2017/3/1/ ER - TY - SOUND TI - Finance Strategies and Lean Manufacturing AU - Hergeth, Helmut DA - 2017/5/3/ PY - 2017/5/3/ ER - TY - SOUND TI - Strategic Planning and Finance in the Construction Industry AU - Hergeth, Helmut DA - 2017/5/16/ PY - 2017/5/16/ PB - UMN ER - TY - SOUND TI - Strategic Planning for Changing Technologies AU - Hergeth, Helmut DA - 2017/5/29/ PY - 2017/5/29/ ER - TY - SOUND TI - Project Valuation – Risk vs. Return AU - Hergeth, Helmut DA - 2017/10/13/ PY - 2017/10/13/ ER - TY - SOUND TI - Lean Management Strategies AU - Hergeth, Helmut DA - 2017/10/19/ PY - 2017/10/19/ ER - TY - SOUND TI - Business and Finance for Manufacturing Industries AU - Hergeth, Helmut DA - 2017/3/27/ PY - 2017/3/27/ ER - TY - SOUND TI - Some Thoughts on Decision Making AU - Hergeth, Helmut DA - 2017/4/5/ PY - 2017/4/5/ ER - TY - SOUND TI - Business and Finance AU - Hergeth, Helmut DA - 2017/7/18/ PY - 2017/7/18/ ER - TY - CONF TI - Apparel Manufacturing and Business Management, AU - Hergeth, Helmut T2 - Workshop for TC2 C2 - 2017/8/22/ CY - Cary, NC DA - 2017/8/22/ PY - 2017/8/22/ ER - TY - CONF TI - Financial Strategies for Law Firms AU - Hergeth, Helmut C2 - 2017/9/14/ CY - Alston & Bird Law Firm, New York, N.Y. DA - 2017/9/14/ PY - 2017/9/14/ ER - TY - CONF TI - Strategic Planning during Privatization Moves AU - Hergeth, Helmut T2 - Workshop for the Saudi Electricity Company C2 - 2017/11/7/ CY - Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia DA - 2017/11/7/ PY - 2017/11/7/ ER - TY - CONF TI - Business Strategies during Technology Disruptions AU - Sharif, Malik AU - Hergeth, Helmut T2 - Cisco Systems C2 - 2017/11/15/ CY - Cary, NC DA - 2017/11/15/ PY - 2017/11/15/ ER - TY - CONF TI - Business Strategies in Manufacturing AU - Hergeth, Helmut T2 - Invited workshop for Tasnee C2 - 2017/11/19/ CY - Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia DA - 2017/11/19/ PY - 2017/11/19/ ER - TY - JOUR TI - Date Palm fibre composites: A novel and sustainable material for the aerospace industry AU - Midani, M. T2 - JEC Composites Magazine DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// VL - 54 IS - 112 SP - 45-47 UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85035015627&partnerID=MN8TOARS ER - TY - JOUR TI - Design aesthetics of Ralph Rucci AU - Yim, E.H. AU - Istook, C. T2 - Journal of Fashion Business DA - 2017/7// PY - 2017/7// VL - 21 IS - 3 SP - 1–13 ER - TY - JOUR TI - A Service Learning Collaborative to Build a Sustainable Enterprise for Underprivileged Women (SEuW) AU - West, Andre AU - Istook, Cynthia AU - Porterfield, Anne AU - Ghosh, Tushar T2 - Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice AB - India is a country with a rich heritage of handicrafts that operate as a labor intensive cottage industry, with little opportunity for organized operation and impact in the global marketplace. Service-learning is the systematic approach to teaching and learning where students use academic knowledge and developed class skills to address community needs. The goal of this ongoing service-learning project was to develop practices that might aid the development of a sustainable enterprise, leveraging traditional Indian handicrafts in the Western marketplace. To this end, a class assignment was developed to engage textile and fashion students in a real-world production experience while learning about the design and manufacturing process, as well as culture through their activities. The skills and knowledge that the students are developing can go far beyond the traditional manufacturing to retail outcome objectives, touching and influencing people’s lives with a global sustainable perspective. At the same time, utilizing and building their own skills by learning the fundamental craft of local artists helps students develop a sense of global awareness. The products were developed to support the handicraft industry of India and are based on historically localized skills. The outcome objective is for the students, with the help of outside entities, to have creative input in the development of updated Indian handicraft products that can be sold in the United States of America with a much broader appeal to Western taste than is currently being offered. DA - 2017/1/2/ PY - 2017/1/2/ DO - 10.1080/20511787.2017.1362144 VL - 5 IS - 1 SP - 3-16 J2 - Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice LA - en OP - SN - 2051-1787 2051-1795 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20511787.2017.1362144 DB - Crossref ER - TY - JOUR TI - Typology of Dress in Contemporary Fashion AU - Yim, Eunhyuk AU - Istook, Cynthia T2 - Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles AB - This study categorizes the formative aspects of dress and their implications according to the extent of revealing or concealing corporeality based on body perceptions. By considering the notion of dress as bodily practice to be a theoretical and methodological framework, this study combines a literature survey and case analysis to analyze and classify the forms of women`s dress since the 1920s when contemporary fashion took hold. As examined in this study, the typology of dress was categorized as body-consciousness, deformation, transformation, and formlessness. Body-consciousness that is achieved through tailoring, bias cutting, and stretchy fabric displays corporeality focusing on the structure and function of the body as an internalized corset. Deformations in dress are categorized into two different subcategories. One is the expansion or reduction of bodily features based on the vertical or horizontal grids of the body, which visualizes the anachronistic restraint of the body through an innerwear as outerwear strategy. The other is exaggerations of the bodily features irrelevant to the grid, which break from the limitations and constraints of the body as well as traditional notions of the body. Transformations of the body refer to as follows. First, the deconstruction and restructuring of the body that deconstruct the stereotypes in garment construction. Second, the abstraction of the body that emphasizes the geometrical and architectural shapes. Third, transformable designs which pursue the expansion and multiplicity of function. Formlessness in dress denies the perception of three-dimensionality of the body through the plan-arization of the body. DA - 2017/2/28/ PY - 2017/2/28/ DO - 10.5850/JKSCT.2017.41.1.98 VL - 41 IS - 01 SP - 98-115 J2 - J. Korean Soc. Cloth. Text LA - en OP - SN - 1225-1151 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5850/JKSCT.2017.41.1.98 DB - Crossref ER - TY - JOUR TI - Innovative method for creating fitted brassiere wire prototype based on transformation matrix algorithm AU - Liu, Yu AU - Istook, Cynthia L. AU - Liu, Kaixuan AU - Wang, Jianping T2 - The Journal of The Textile Institute AB - It has been difficult to obtain the fitted bra wire shape for women’s breasts, since the under breast root shape extracted from 3D bodyscan breast images is three dimensional. A detailed matrix algorithm for the geometric relation is firstly introduced and presented for transferring the 3D bra wire shape to one that is 2D to create a fitted bra underwire shape prototype. In this paper, the under breast root shape was extracted from a medium average avatar, then the curve line was exported as a point format. Points were taken as research subject, then the transformation matrix algorithm was applied to the spatial coordinates of the points to fulfill the transformation. Thereby a detailed program was operated in MATLAB for obtaining the coordinates of points to create the contour for the 2D wire shape. The matrix algorithm method was a useful, simple and straightforward method to implement. In addition, it works well for various kinds of breast shapes. DA - 2017/5/9/ PY - 2017/5/9/ DO - 10.1080/00405000.2017.1326366 VL - 5 SP - 1-6 J2 - The Journal of The Textile Institute LA - en OP - SN - 0040-5000 1754-2340 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00405000.2017.1326366 DB - Crossref KW - Bra wire prototype KW - fitted KW - matrix algorithm KW - transformation ER - TY - JOUR TI - Design and characterization of a phased antenna array for intact breast hyperthermia AU - Curto, S. AU - Garcia-Miquel, A. AU - Suh, M. AU - Vidal, N. AU - Lopez-Villegas, J. AU - Prakash, P. T2 - International Journal of Hyperthermia AB - Purpose: Currently available hyperthermia technology is not well suited to treating cancer malignancies in the intact breast. This study investigates a microwave applicator incorporating multiple patch antennas, with the goal of facilitating controllable power deposition profiles for treating lesions at diverse locations within the intact breast.Materials and methods: A 3D-computational model was implemented to assess power deposition profiles with 915 MHz applicators incorporating a hemispheric groundplane and configurations of 2, 4, 8, 12, 16 and 20 antennas. Hemispheric breast models of 90 mm and 150 mm diameter were considered, where cuboid target volumes of 10 mm edge length (1 cm3) and 30 mm edge length (27 cm3) were positioned at the centre of the breast, and also located 15 mm from the chest wall. The average power absorption (αPA) ratio expressed as the ratio of the PA in the target volume and in the full breast was evaluated. A 4-antenna proof-of-concept array was fabricated and experimentally evaluated.Results: Computational models identified an optimal inter-antenna spacing of 22.5° along the applicator circumference. Applicators with 8 and 12 antennas excited with constant phase presented the highest αPA at centrally located and deep-seated targets, respectively. Experimental measurements with a 4-antenna proof-of-concept array illustrated the potential for electrically steering power deposition profiles by adjusting the relative phase of the signal at antenna inputs.Conclusions: Computational models and experimental results suggest that the proposed applicator may have potential for delivering conformal thermal therapy in the intact breast. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1080/02656736.2017.1337935 VL - 34 IS - 3 SP - 250–260 KW - Phased antenna array KW - microwave hyperthermia KW - breast cancer treatment KW - patch antenna KW - intact breast ER - TY - RPRT TI - Preferred Product Attributes for Sustainable Outdoor Clothes AU - Wang, Luo AU - xu, Yingjiao A3 - Iowa State University, Digital Repository AB - This study investigated consumers' preferred product attributes in their purchase of sutainable outdoor down jackets. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.31274/itaa_proceedings-180814-1779 PB - Iowa State University, Digital Repository ER - TY - CONF TI - Fashion Subscription Retailing: An Exploratory Study of Consumers' Perception AU - Tao, Q. AU - Xu, Y. C2 - 2017/// C3 - International Textiles and Apparel Association’s annual meeting DA - 2017/// ER - TY - JOUR TI - Brand personality and its impact on brand trust and brand commitment: An empirical study of luxury fashion brands AU - Tong, X. AU - Su, J. AU - Xu, Y. T2 - International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education AB - This study employed Aaker’s methodology to empirically investigate the personality of luxury fashion brands and explored the impact of brand personality on brand trust and brand commitment based on a sample of American consumers. Results of Study 1 revealed that American consumers perceive six distinct personality dimensions and 37 personality traits in luxury fashion brands. Study 2 validated the results from Study 1 and further clearly indicated that brand personality has a significant effect on both brand trust and brand commitment. The findings provide insights into the underlying values that consumers seek from luxury fashion consumption and lend a theoretical guidance to practitioners in the luxury fashion industry in their efforts to win customers’ brand commitment and loyalty. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1080/17543266.2017.1378732 VL - 11 IS - 2 SP - 196–209 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Dimensional effects of Korean SME’s entrepreneurial orientation on internationalization and performance: the mediating role of marketing capability AU - Jin, Byoungho AU - Jung, Sojin AU - Jeong, So Won T2 - International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal DA - 2017/6// PY - 2017/6// DO - 10.1007/s11365-017-0457-4 VL - 14 IS - 1 SP - 195-215 KW - Entrepreneurial orientation KW - Marketing capability KW - Internationalization KW - Performance KW - SMEs KW - Korea ER - TY - CHAP TI - Product Innovation: Core to Continued Success AU - Jin, Byoungho AU - Cedrola, Elena T2 - Product Innovation in the Global Fashion Industry AB - Innovation is the development of new products, production processes, business practices or forms of organization. It is key to the creation of competitive advantages in organizations and increasingly at the center of long-term strategy. Innovations can be largely classified in three ways: product innovations, production process innovations and business model innovations. Among these, this volume focuses on product innovations and discusses the comprehensive picture of product innovations occurring in the global fashion industry on three levels—material, style and product development—with examples and references from global fashion brands. Innovations in materials driven largely by technology may not tell the complete story of the industry. The authors alert readers to pay attention to innovations in style, which may provide core competitive advantages for fashion brands and other mature industries where functionality or technology are less critical. This chapter concludes that the global fashion industry is truly the sector where diverse technologies found in many different sectors are merged, synthesized and utilized to address needs and concerns of end-users. PY - 2017/11/29/ DO - 10.1057/978-1-137-52349-5_1 SP - 1-33 OP - PB - Palgrave Macmillan US SN - 9781137523488 9781137523495 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52349-5_1 DB - Crossref KW - Innovation KW - Product innovation KW - Materials KW - Style KW - Product development ER - TY - JOUR TI - Nike: An Innovation Journey AU - Childs, Michelle AU - Jin, Byoungho T2 - Product Innovation in the Global Fashion Industry AB - Nike is an American multinational company that has evolved to become a global leader in athletic wear with annual sales exceeding $21 billion in 2016, more than half of which is attributed to international markets. Since its inception in 1964, Nike has been an innovation leader in product development, marketing and consumer experience. Due to a dedication to continuous innovation, Nike has been able to sustain a competitive advantage within the athletic apparel and footwear marketplace. This case highlights key points in Nike’s journey of innovation and examines how Nike has successfully emerged as a global champion within the athletic wear industry. Based on these analyzed strategies, this case provides implications that are relevant for practitioners and academics. DA - 2017/11// PY - 2017/11// DO - 10.1057/978-1-137-52349-5_4 SP - 79-111 KW - Athletic wear KW - Product development innovation KW - Marketing innovation KW - Consumer experience innovation ER - TY - JOUR TI - Colombian consumers’ outshopping of apparel in the U.S. AU - Ceballos, Lina M. AU - Jin, Byoungho AU - Ortega, Ana M. T2 - The International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research AB - Outshopping is defined as purchasing goods outside of consumers’ trading areas. Despite threatening local economies, outshopping generates opportunities for the new trading areas in which it occurs. Studies on outshopping have reported contradictory results and academics suggest further research, especially in relation to consumers’ micro-level characteristics. Moreover, few studies have focused on the U.S. as the trading area and apparel as the traded product. Based on the theory of reasoned action, this quantitative study explores how attitudes toward international outshopping and subjective norm influence purchase intention of apparel goods among international outshoppers in the U.S. by focusing on four characteristics of international outshoppers – self-control in terms of spending, the desire for unique products, age, and gender – as antecedents of attitudes toward outshopping. Colombian consumers (South America) were chosen as respondents because market reports indicate that the U.S. is their top favorite international tourist destination. Findings suggest that more positive attitudes toward outshopping apparel in the U.S. were found among female consumers with higher self-control over their expenditures. Respondents were also influenced by the opinion of others; while age and desire for unique products were found non-significant. By understanding international outshoppers, marketers can develop unique market strategies for attracting global consumers. DA - 2017/9// PY - 2017/9// DO - 10.1080/09593969.2017.1364656 VL - 28 IS - 2 SP - 137-156 KW - Outshopping KW - tourist KW - travel KW - apparel KW - shopping KW - theory of reasoned action ER - TY - JOUR TI - An indirect testing approach for characterizing pressure profiles of compression bandages and hosiery AU - Kwon, Cassandra AU - Hegarty, Meghan AU - Oxenham, William AU - Thoney-Barletta, Kristin AU - Grant, Edward AU - Reid, Lawrence T2 - The Journal of The Textile Institute AB - As outlined in compression therapy literature, the performance of a compression textile can be characterized by its stiffness and interface pressure. In this study, an indirect approach for measuring pressure from a set of compression bandages and hosiery was developed, from which rigidity (EI) values were determined, and tension–elongation curves and pressure-elongation data were calculated. The calculated pressure values were compared against PicoPress sensor readings measured on 10 participants. Results showed that the correlation between both approaches varied among bandage and hosiery samples. DA - 2017/6// PY - 2017/6// DO - 10.1080/00405000.2017.1340079 VL - 109 IS - 2 SP - 256-267 KW - Compression medical textiles KW - compression garments KW - interface pressure KW - tensile properties KW - body measurement ER - TY - CONF TI - Using stepwise regression and nonparametric tests to analyze the landed cost competitiveness of producing apparel in different countries AU - Adikorley, R. AU - Thoney-Barletta, K.A. AU - Joines, J. AU - Rothenberg, L. C2 - 2017/// C3 - Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings 2017 DA - 2017/// ER - TY - BOOK TI - Fashion branding and communication: Core strategies of European luxury and premium brands AU - Search, Crossref Metadata T2 - Palgrave Series in Practice: Global Fashion Brand Management A3 - Jin, B. A3 - Cedrola, E. AB - This second volume in the Palgrave Studies in Practice: Global Fashion Management series focuses on core strategies of branding and communication of European luxury and premium brands. Brand is a crit DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1057/978-1-137-52343-3 VL - 2 PB - Palgrave Macmillan ER - TY - CHAP TI - Brands as core assets: Trends and challenges of branding in fashion business AU - Jin, B. AU - Cedroda, E. T2 - Fashion branding and communication: Core strategies of European luxury and premium brands A2 - Jin, B. A2 - Cedrola, E. AB - The importance of brand in the fashion business cannot be overemphasized. This chapter reviews the essence of fashion brand management, discussing the concepts of brand and brand equity, fashion brand development and management, and communication. The fashion brand communication section introduces the use of emergent social media and fashion blogs along with traditional media in the luxury and premium fashion industry. Challenges and trends in branding and communication in the fashion industry are also discussed. The challenges around luxury brands, such as counterfeit goods, commoditization, brand dilution, and brand avoidance are explained with prominent examples. In the subsequent section, trends in branding and communication are detailed: luxury brands’ offering online selling, limited edition, guerrilla marketing, pop-up stores, reinforcing brand equity by offering experiential spaces. Major concepts are explained using examples to help readers understand the larger scope of the topic, which will be instrumental in understanding branding strategies of five European luxury and premium brands cases in this volume. PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1057/978-1-137-52343-3_1 SP - 1–39 PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Fashion brand KW - Brand equity KW - Brand portfolio KW - Brand extension KW - Brand communication ER - TY - JOUR TI - Moral education for sustainable development: Exploring morally challenging business situations within the global supply chain context AU - Ha-Brookshire, J. AU - McAndrews, L. AU - Kim, J. AU - Freeman, C. AU - Jin, Byoungho Ellie AU - Norum, P.S. AU - LeHew, M. AU - Karpova, E. AU - Hassall, L. AU - Marcketti, S. AU - al. T2 - Sustainability AB - This study presents the need for moral development education of current and future professionals so they can help build sustainable companies and global supply chains. Grounded in Ha-Brookshire’s moral responsibility theory of corporate sustainability, the authors explored a set of real-life business situations where business professionals experienced morally challenging dilemmas. The study was conducted within the context of the textile and apparel (TA) industry because of the global and fragmented supply chain nature of the industry. The real-life business situations were interpreted using Kohlberg’s moral development stage theory. The results of in-depth individual interviews followed by three focus groups of industry professionals in spring 2017 showed that participants have experienced a variety of morally challenging business situations throughout their careers. This includes simple problems at the individual and firm levels, as well as wicked and complex problems at the industry and global levels. The study concludes that for TA businesses to be truly sustainable, professionals’ moral ability is critical and, therefore, appropriate moral development education is necessary. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.3390/su9091641 VL - 9 IS - 9 SP - 1641 J2 - Sustainability LA - en OP - SN - 2071-1050 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su9091641 DB - Crossref KW - moral development KW - moral education KW - corporate sustainability KW - business situations ER - TY - JOUR TI - Utilizing country image and well-known products for less-known products: Perspectives from a country with less-competitive country image AU - Woo, H. AU - Jin, B. AU - Ramkumar, B. T2 - Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing & Logistics AB - Purpose Country image determines consumers’ beliefs toward the country’s products, through halo effect. While the relevant literature is predominantly focused on the context of well-known products from traditionally leading exporters, the purpose of this paper is to examine the two levels of halo effect (i.e. country image as halo and a well-known product category as halo) on a less-known product category from a recently developed country. Design/methodology/approach The purpose of study was carried out by using a quantitative approach. Survey responses were collected from 253 US consumers who are aged between 18 and 67 years. This study only examined South Korea and used the two selected product categories (i.e. cell phones and apparel) as samples for the study. Findings The results of a series of regression analyses confirmed that the positive images of South Korea and Korean cell phones served as halo, thereby enhancing the respondents’ beliefs toward Korean apparel, which is a less-known product category that they have not yet experienced. Further, the respondents’ positive beliefs toward both cell phones and apparel increased their purchase intentions of those two products. Research limitations/implications The findings of this study imply that the general country image and the country’s well-known product images are critical in introducing the country’s less-known product to foreign markets. Originality/value The originality of this study lies in its unique focus on relatively less-known product category of a recently developed country (i.e. Korean apparel), which received limited attention in the past research. This study is also one of the few attempts to examine the role of a country’s well-known products on the country’s less-known products, another level of halo effect in country image. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1108/apjml-06-2016-0091 VL - 29 IS - 5 SP - 933–946 KW - South Korea KW - Country image KW - Apparel KW - Product category KW - Halo effect KW - Cell phones ER - TY - JOUR TI - The mediating role of brand trust and affect in Clothing brand loyalty formation: A cross-cultural examination of U.S. and India AU - Bennur, S. AU - Jin, B. T2 - Journal of the Textile Institute AB - This study examines the process of how consumer perception of benefits from apparel brand leads to brand loyalty and compares the process between US and India. The proposed research framework posits that consumers' perception of utilitarian and hedonic benefits from a brand increase loyalty toward the brand via the mediating role of brand trust and brand affect. Analyses of the hypotheses collectively revealed that consumers' hedonic benefit perceptions of apparel brand, rather than their utilitarian benefit perceptions, influenced the enhancement of brand trust and brand affect. Further, brand affect, rather than brand trust, influenced and mediated the development of brand loyalty of apparel brand. This study also found country moderating effects on three paths, suggesting that hedonic benefit of a brand and brand affect plays a greater role for US consumers than for Indian consumers. Academic and managerial implications were discussed based on findings. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1080/00405000.2015.1133105 VL - 108 IS - 1 SP - 1–9 KW - Brand loyalty KW - utilitarian KW - hedonic benefit perception KW - brand trust KW - brand affect ER - TY - JOUR TI - The influences of consumer characteristics, perceived quality and Korean wave on purchase intention of Korean cosmetics: A comparison between Chinese and Vietnamese consumers AU - Jung, M. AU - Jin, B. AU - Yang, H. T2 - Korean Journal of Consumer and Advertising Psychology AB - 본 연구는 중국과 베트남에 거주하는 소비자를 대상으로 소비자 특성, 지각된 품질, 한류가 한국 화장품의 구매의도에 미치는 영향을 실증적으로 분석하였다. 이를 위해 만 20세 이상의 남․녀 소비자를 대상으로 성별, 연령별로 할당표집하여 온라인 설문조사를 실시하였으며, 총 450부가 최종분석에 활용되었다. 분석방법은 SPSS 20.0과 Amos 21.0을 활용하여, 기술통계, 신뢰도 분석, 확인적 요인분석 및 다중회귀분석을 실시하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 자민족 중심주의는 한국 화장품 구매의도에 부적 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 물질주의, 지각된 품질, 한류가 한국 화장품의 구매의도에 정적 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이 가운데 지각된 품질이 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 중국 소비자를 대상으로 한 분석에서는 자민족 중심주의와 지각된 품질만이 한국 화장품 구매의도에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 베트남 소비자를 대상으로 한 분석에서는 가치의식, 물질주의, 지각된 품질, 한류가 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 두 소비자 모두 한국 화장품에 대한 지각된 품질이 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났기 때문에 한국 화장품의 수출을 위해서는 지속적인 품질 개발이 중요하며, 이를 강조한 마케팅 전략이 필요하다. 또한 한국의 화장품을 수출할 때는 수출국을 동일한 시장으로 보지 말고 각국 국가의 소비자 특성 및 한류와 같은 문화적 특성을 고려하여 마케팅 전략을 수립할 필요가 있다. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.21074/kjlcap.2017.18.2.173 VL - 18 IS - 2 SP - 97–116 ER - TY - JOUR TI - The influences of Korean wave, country image, and product image on online purchase intention in Vietnam AU - Jung, M. AU - Jin, B. AU - Yang, H. T2 - Journal of Consumption Culture DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.17053/jcc.2017.20.2.007 VL - 20 IS - 2 SP - 163–181 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Predictors of purchase intention toward green apparel products: A cross-cultural investigation in the U.S. and China AU - Ko, S.B. AU - Jin, B. T2 - Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management AB - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand consumers’ purchase intention toward green apparel products using the theory of planned behavior (TPB). Specifically, this study aimed to compare US and Chinese consumers to understand how green apparel behaviors differ by a country’s green market status and cultural differences. Design/methodology/approach By employing two antecedents, man-nature orientation and environmental knowledge into the TPB framework, a theoretical model was proposed and tested to explain how and to what extent each variable affected the purchase intention of US and Chinese consumers. To compare the two countries consumers’ purchase intention, moderating effects were proposed. To test this model, a total of 437 valid data sets were collected at universities in the USA and China. Findings Findings indicated that the subjective norm was found to have the highest direct influence on purchase intention in both countries. Regarding internal perceived behavioral control (PBC) and external PBC, internal PBC was important for purchase intention in the US consumers while external PBC significantly influenced purchase intention among Chinese consumers. For the USA, two indirect antecedents to purchase intention (man-nature orientation and environmental knowledge) positively influenced variables in the TPB. In contrast, for China, the path between man-nature orientation and attitude toward green apparel products was not supported, but all other paths were supported. Only environmental knowledge (indirect antecedent) positively influenced internal PBC. Country moderating effects were not tested because of lack of supported evidence of invariance tests. Originality/value This study is an empirical research that focuses on purchase intention of green apparel products rather than on the production of green textiles, a topic that has received considerable attention in previous studies. This research is based on TPB with specified indirect antecedents to purchase intention. By testing the proposed model, the study explains the paths from two indirect antecedents (i.e. man-nature orientation and environmental knowledge) to the intent to purchase green apparel products. Therefore, academically, this study contributes to understanding the interrelationships among the factors that lead to purchase intention of green apparel products. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1108/jfmm-07-2014-0057 VL - 21 IS - 1 SP - 70–87 KW - Theory of planned behaviour KW - Purchase intention KW - Environmental knowledge KW - Cross-cultural comparison KW - Green apparel product KW - Man-nature orientation ER - TY - JOUR TI - Exploring challenges and strategies in promoting Korean culture through museum exhibition in the united states AU - Min, S. AU - Jin, B. T2 - Korea Journal DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// VL - 57 IS - 2 SP - 153–180 ER - TY - CONF TI - Using non-parametric tests to analyze the landed cost competitiveness of producing apparel in different countries AU - Adikorley, R. AU - Thoney-Barletta, K.A. AU - Joines, J. AU - Rothenberg, L. C2 - 2017/8// C3 - Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings DA - 2017/8// ER - TY - SOUND TI - Supply chain based evaluation of the Higg Index 2.0 and similar sustainability assessment tools AU - Gibson, C. AU - Rothenberg, L. DA - 2017/3// PY - 2017/3// ER - TY - CONF TI - Multi-stage stratified cluster analysis of public transit fare compliance AU - Hanninen, B. AU - Rothenberg, L. C2 - 2017/8// C3 - Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings DA - 2017/8// ER - TY - SOUND TI - Consumer textile recycling behavior AU - Rezaei, S. AU - Thoney-Barletta, K. AU - Joines, J. AU - Rothenberg, L. DA - 2017/11// PY - 2017/11// M3 - poster ER - TY - SOUND TI - Apparel sourcing in Sub-Saharan Africa, Part 2: Views from apparel sourcing executives and trade policy representatives AU - Rothenberg, L. AU - Adikorley, R. AU - Joines, J.A. AU - Thoney-Barletta, K.A. DA - 2017/3// PY - 2017/3// ER - TY - SOUND TI - Apparel sourcing in Sub-Saharan Africa, Part 1: Cost competitiveness AU - Thoney-Barletta, K.A. AU - Adikorley, R. AU - Joines, J.A. AU - Rothenberg, L. DA - 2017/3// PY - 2017/3// ER - TY - SOUND TI - Apparel recycling consumer behaviour AU - Joines, J.A. AU - Rezaei, S. AU - Rothenberg, L. AU - Thoney-Barletta, K.A. DA - 2017/3// PY - 2017/3// ER - TY - CONF TI - Apparel and Shoe Retailers’ and Brands’ Perspectives in Designing Products for Recyclability AU - Rezaei Arangdad, S. AU - Thoney-Barletta, K.A. AU - Joines, J.A. AU - Rothenberg, L. AU - Leonas, K.K. C2 - 2017/3// C3 - American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists International Conference (AATCC 2017) Proceedings DA - 2017/3// ER - TY - SOUND TI - An investigation of U.S. textile and apparel (TAP) industry competitiveness (1996-2006) AU - Saki, Z. AU - Moore, M. AU - Rothenberg, L. AU - Godfrey, B. AU - Kandilov, I. DA - 2017/11// PY - 2017/11// M3 - poster ER - TY - SOUND TI - An exploration of mass customization antecedents: The role of fashion innovativeness AU - Rothenberg, L. AU - Matthews, D. DA - 2017/11// PY - 2017/11// M3 - poster ER - TY - JOUR TI - Apparel sourcing in Sub-Saharan Africa Views from apparel sourcing executives and trade policy representatives AU - Adikorley, Ruth Dede AU - Thoney-Barletta, Kristin AU - Joines, Jeff AU - Rothenberg, Lori T2 - RESEARCH JOURNAL OF TEXTILE AND APPAREL AB - Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine why Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is not currently a major player in producing apparel for the US market and determine if SSA is likely to become one because of several opportunities that the region offers, including relatively low labor wages, an ample labor force and duty-free access to the USA through the 10-year renewal of AGOA. Design/methodology/approach In-depth interviews were conducted with eight high-level executives in apparel sourcing and trade agencies to obtain their views on the opportunities and challenges of sourcing in SSA in relation to other major apparel sourcing regions. A descriptive analysis of the qualitative data was used to answer three research questions. Findings The findings reveal that SSA is a competitive region to source from, because of low labor wages and the duty-free benefits through AGOA. However, several challenges hinder a significant increase in sourcing from SSA. The executives recommended that for SSA to be a significant force in the global apparel market, vertical supply chains should be developed, where raw materials like fabric are sourced from within the country/region and SSA governments should become more involved in business environment improvements. Originality/value At present, there is limited academic literature on sourcing and supplier selection in Africa, particularly in textile and apparel sourcing in SSA. Based on interviews from high-level executives engaged in the sourcing decision-making process, this study reveals the benefits, challenges and opportunities for sourcing apparel from SSA countries. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1108/rjta-05-2017-0022 VL - 21 IS - 3 SP - 203-218 SN - 1560-6074 KW - Sourcing KW - Apparel KW - Sub-Saharan Africa KW - AGOA ER - TY - JOUR TI - The charging and stability of electret filters AU - Kilic, A. AU - Russell, S. AU - Shim, E. AU - Pourdeyhimi, B. T2 - Fibrous filter media DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// SP - 95-121 ER - TY - CONF TI - All fashion is local: Assessing the needs of fashion and textile startups in an era of global fashion dissonance AU - Annett-Hitchcock, K. AU - Relyea, R C2 - 2017/// C3 - Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Fashion Federation of Technical Institutes, Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 28-31, 2017. DA - 2017/// ER - TY - JOUR TI - A Method to Create Body Sizing Systems AU - Xia, Sibei AU - Istook, Cynthia T2 - Clothing and Textiles Research Journal AB - Literature reviews show that consumers are not satisfied with the fit of garments sold in stores, primarily due to outdated sizing systems used by companies and the limited number of sizes being produced. The purpose of this article is to present a sizing system creation method, which can be applied on body measurement data to improve the overall fit of garments. Data from the SizeUSA study was used. The sizing system creation process included natural log-transformation, principle component analysis, multivariate linear regression, size range determination, and measurements calculation. The created sizing system was then compared with ASTM D5585-11e1. Analysis of the results showed that the method used to create the sizing system was reliable and repeatable. This was an important research effort for apparel manufactures, as it demonstrated a method to create a sizing system that is flexible and can be altered to fit target consumer groups! DA - 2017/6/15/ PY - 2017/6/15/ DO - 10.1177/0887302x17713298 VL - 35 IS - 4 SP - 235-248 J2 - Clothing and Textiles Research Journal LA - en OP - SN - 0887-302X 1940-2473 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0887302X17713298 DB - Crossref KW - sizing KW - anthropometry KW - American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) KW - principle component analysis KW - natural log-transformation KW - multivariate ER - TY - CONF TI - Study of development on apparel additive manufacturing technology AU - Gu, L. W. AU - Ruan, Y. W. AU - Istook, C. AU - Liu, X. G. C2 - 2017/// C3 - Textile bioengineering and informatics symposium proceedings, 2016, vol. 1 DA - 2017/// SP - 240-247 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Enhancing Multifunctionalities of Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide Monolayers via Cation Intercalation AU - Yu, Yifei AU - Li, Guoqing AU - Huang, Lujun AU - Barrette, Andrew AU - Ca, Yong-Qing AU - Yu, Yiling AU - Gundogdu, Kenan AU - Zhang, Yong-Wei AU - Cao, Linyou T2 - ACS NANO AB - Transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) monolayers present a remarkable multifunctional material with potential to enable the development of a wide range of novel devices. However, the functionalities observed often fall short of the expectation, which hinders the device development. Here we demonstrate that the optical, catalytic, and thermal functionalities of TMDC monolayers can all be substantially enhanced by up to orders of magnitude with the intercalation of water molecules or small cations (H+ and Li+) between the monolayers and underlying substrates. In contrast, the same molecules or cations adsorbed on top of the monolayers show negligible effects. We also discover two major roles of the intercalated species in the enhancement: doping the monolayers and modifying the interaction of the monolayers with the substrate. The result points out a versatile and convenient strategy of using the intercalation of molecules or ions to enhance the functionalities of TMDC monolayers. DA - 2017/9// PY - 2017/9// DO - 10.1021/acsnano.7b04880 VL - 11 IS - 9 SP - 9390-9396 SN - 1936-086X KW - hydrogen ion KW - lithium ion KW - intercalation KW - molybdenum sulfide KW - tungsten sulfide KW - molybdenum selenide KW - tungsten selenide ER - TY - JOUR TI - Design of abrasion resistant super-antiwetting nylon surfaces AU - Li, Guoqing AU - Lee, Hoon Joo AU - Michielsen, Stephen T2 - NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY AB - Abrasion resistant super-antiwetting nylon surface designed through a three-step wet chemistry steps DA - 2017/11/21/ PY - 2017/11/21/ DO - 10.1039/c7nj02807e VL - 41 IS - 22 SP - 13593-13599 SN - 1369-9261 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Ultrathin, washable, and large-area graphene papers for personal thermal management AU - Guo, Y. AU - Dun, C. C. AU - Xu, J. W. AU - Mu, J. K. AU - Li, P. Y. AU - Gu, L. W. AU - Hou, C. Y. AU - Hewitt, C. A. AU - Zhang, Q. H. AU - Li, Y. G. AU - Carroll, D. L. AU - Wang, H. Z. T2 - Small (Weinheim An Der Bergstrasse, Germany) AB - In article number 1702645, by Yaogang Li, David L. Carroll, Hongzhi Wang, and co-workers, a scaled-up blade-coating method for preparing ultrathin, freestanding, and washable graphene papers with excellent electrical and thermal properties is reported. The graphene papers are integrated into textiles, and used as a bifuctional personal thermal management device for cooling or warming under various ambient conditions. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1002/smll.201770231 VL - 13 IS - 44 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Exploring the Personality of Luxury Fashion Brands: Evidence from Young US Consumers AU - Tong, Xiao AU - Su, Jin AU - Xu, Yingjiao T2 - LUXURY FASHION RETAIL MANAGEMENT AB - This study aims to identify personality characteristics that are associated with luxury fashion brands and test the applicability of Aaker’s brandBrand personality framework in the context of luxury fashion brands. It employed Aaker’s brand personality framework to empirically investigate the personality of luxury fashion brandsLuxury fashion brands based on data collected from 413 American young consumers. This research developed a valid and reliable scale that measures personality for luxury fashion products and confirms that consumers do associate particular brand personality dimensionsBrand personality dimensions with luxury fashion brands. Results revealed that young consumers perceive six distinct personality dimensions and 37 personality traits in luxury fashion brands: Prestigious, Competent, Sociable, Creative, Snobby, and Romantic. The findings not only provide insights into the underlying values that consumers are seeking from luxury fashion consumption, but also offer a theoretical guidance to the practitioners in the luxury goods industry in their effort of brand equity building. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1007/978-981-10-2976-9_6 SP - 89-106 SN - 2366-8776 KW - Brand personality KW - Brand personality dimensions KW - Luxury fashion brands ER - TY - CONF TI - Design decision method for fashion SME based on youth consumer behaviour AU - Ruan, Y. W. AU - Gu, L. W. AU - Gu, W. AU - Lin, X. G. C2 - 2017/// C3 - Textile bioengineering and informatics symposium proceedings, 2017, vol. 2 DA - 2017/// SP - 586-593 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Color Gamut Analysis and Color Fastness Evaluation for Textile Inkjet Printing Application on Polyester AU - Ding, Yi AU - Freeman, Harold S. AU - Parrillo-Chapman, Lisa T2 - JOURNAL OF IMAGING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AB - As part of a study aimed at selecting inksets for printing fabrics for outdoor use, pigment-based and disperse dye-based inksets were evaluated on polyester fabric via textile inkjet printing. Colorimetric attributes were recorded for each color, as well as the mixed colors generated through RIPMaster V11 software. Color Table (CTB) profiles were created to compare spot colors and International color consortium (ICC) profiles were created to evaluate color gamut volumes. Four-color and seven-color disperse dye-based inksets were evaluated, along with six-color and eight-color pigment-based inksets . Four-color and seven-color combination of disperse and pigment inksets were compared. As expected, the addition of colors to the basic four-color inkset increased the color gamuts significantly. It was also found that the disperse dye-based inkset provided deeper colors, and excellent wet and dry crock fastness. However, light fastness from the disperse dye-based inksets was not as high as the levels obtained using pigment-based inksets. DA - 2017/9// PY - 2017/9// DO - 10.2352/j.imagingsci.technol.2017.61.5.050503 VL - 61 IS - 5 SP - SN - 1943-3522 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Activating MoS2 for pH-Universal Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis AU - Li, Guoqing AU - Zhang, Du AU - Yu, Yifei AU - Huang, Shengyang AU - Yang, Weitao AU - Cao, Linyou T2 - JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY AB - MoS2 presents a promising catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in water splitting, but its worse catalytic performance in neutral and alkaline media than in acidic environment may be problematic for practical application. This is because the other half reaction of water splitting, i.e., oxygen evolution reaction, often needs to be implemented in alkaline environment. Here we demonstrate a universal strategy that may be used to significantly improve the HER catalysis of MoS2 in all kinds of environments from acidic to alkaline, proton intercalation. Protons may be enabled to intercalate between monolayer MoS2 and underlying substrates or in the interlayer space of thicker MoS2 by two processes: electrochemically polarizing MoS2 at negative potentials (vs RHE) in acidic media or immersing MoS2 into certain acid solutions like TFSI. The improvement in catalytic performance is due to the activity enhancement of the active sites in MoS2 by the intercalated protons, which might be related with the effect of the intercalated protons on electrical conductance and the adsorption energy of hydrogen atoms. The enhancement in catalytic activity by the intercalated proton is very stable even in neutral and alkaline electrolytes. DA - 2017/11/15/ PY - 2017/11/15/ DO - 10.1021/jacs.7b07450 VL - 139 IS - 45 SP - 16194-16200 SN - 1520-5126 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Evaluation of the electrical integrity of E-textiles subjected to environmental conditions AU - Bogan, Kelly AU - Seyam, Abdel-Fattah M. AU - Slade, Jeremiah T2 - The Journal of The Textile Institute AB - E-textiles contain electrically conductive elements and electronic devices that are integrated in textile substrate. Wearable e-textiles are expected to perform like textiles in terms of breathability, conformability, and comfort despite the presence of the electrically conductive elements and electronics. E-textiles are also expected to provide reliable data and signal processing like electronic devices while they are subjected to normal wear and tear under different environmental conditions. The goal of this research was to investigate the electrical integrity of e-textiles while they are subjected to environmental conditions. Different woven samples of electronic-improved outer tactical vest with two narrow conductive traces woven in the warp direction were subjected to range of temperatures and humidity, including extreme conditions. The effects of formation parameters (e-yarn type, number of e-yarns/trace, and weldability), temperature, and humidity on the integrity of the e-textiles were studied. It was found that resistance of networks was affected by changes in air temperature and humidity and the quality of the weld had the greatest impact on electrical integrity of the conductive network. This impact was pronounced in more extreme environmental conditions, which revealed that there was a strong interaction between the weldability, temperature, and humidity. DA - 2017/7/10/ PY - 2017/7/10/ DO - 10.1080/00405000.2017.1350128 VL - 109 IS - 3 SP - 393-409 J2 - The Journal of The Textile Institute LA - en OP - SN - 0040-5000 1754-2340 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00405000.2017.1350128 DB - Crossref KW - Electronic textiles (e-textiles) KW - smart textiles KW - weldability KW - resistivity KW - electrical integrity ER - TY - JOUR TI - Effect of structural parameters on the tensile properties of multilayer 3D composites from Tururi palm tree (Manicaria saccifera Gaertn) fibrous material AU - Seyam, Abdel-Fattah M. AU - Monteiro, Amanda Sousa AU - Midani, Mohamad AU - Baruque-Ramos, Julia T2 - COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING AB - Tururi (Manicaria saccifera Gaertn.) is a naturally integrated fibrous structure in a form of sac, which protects the fruits of the Amazon Ubuçu palm tree. The goal of this research was to develop and characterize multilayer 3D green composites from Tururi fibrous material and identify applications based on their performance. A total of 12 composite samples were fabricated using Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding Technique (VARTM) to study the effect of the structural parameters, namely, number of Tururi fibrous layers, fiber orientation, and fiber volume fraction on the tensile and impact behavior of the final composites. The focus of this paper will be on the tensile properties in the sac and cross directions, as for the impact properties, it will be covered in another publication. It was found that a proper stacking sequence, can produce composites from Tururi fibers with quasi-isotropic tensile behavior, and with the proper combination of number of layers, and stretch %, the tensile properties of the produced composite can be optimized. DA - 2017/2/15/ PY - 2017/2/15/ DO - 10.1016/j.compositesb.2016.11.040 VL - 111 SP - 17-26 SN - 1879-1069 UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85006312497&partnerID=MN8TOARS KW - Manicaria saccifera KW - Tururi fiber KW - Natural fiber composite KW - 3D composite KW - Vacuum assisted resin transfer molding KW - ODF ER - TY - JOUR TI - Investigating activation of carbon fiber nonwovens for use as supercapacitor electrodes AU - Leary, Jennifer D. AU - Maze, Benoit AU - Pourdeyhimi, Behnam T2 - JOURNAL OF THE TEXTILE INSTITUTE AB - Double-layer supercapacitors rely on the high specific surface area (SSA) of activated carbons. Typically, granular-activated carbon held together by polymer binder is used. As a potential alternative, this paper focuses on the potential use of commercially available carbon fiber nonwovens. A commercially available binder-free carbon fiber nonwoven was used initially, but surface area analysis revealed that no microporosity developed following the CO2 activation treatment. In order to investigate how the structure of the original carbon material impacted subsequent activation, polyacrylonoitrile (PAN) nonwovens were fabricated and carbonized in-house under controlled conditions (695, 895, and 1095 °C). Carbonization temperature was found to be a limiting factor, where higher carbonization temperatures led to lower potential for activation. Since commercially available materials are typically carbonized at unknown temperatures, and are likely carbonized at high temperatures to develop electrical conductivity, it is found that they are unlikely to form high SSA materials. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1080/00405000.2016.1260424 VL - 108 IS - 9 SP - 1528-1536 SN - 1754-2340 KW - Nonwovens KW - carbon fiber KW - microstructures KW - energy storage KW - electrodes ER - TY - JOUR TI - Introduction to the late Professor John W. S. Hearle's publication list AU - Oxenham, William AU - Chen, Xiaogang T2 - JOURNAL OF THE TEXTILE INSTITUTE AB - The Publications Committee of The Textile Institute was unanimous in agreeing that there would be a recognition of Prof. Hearle’s outstanding contribution to Textile Science and most particularly h... DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1080/00405000.2017.1337635 VL - 108 IS - 9 SP - 1477-1488 SN - 1754-2340 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Highly Conductive Polypropylene-Graphene Nonwoven Composite via Interface Engineering AU - Pan, Qin AU - Shim, Eunkyoung AU - Pourdeyhimi, Behnam AU - Gao, Wei T2 - LANGMUIR AB - Here we report a highly conductive polypropylene-graphene nonwoven composite via direct coating of melt blown polypropylene (PP) nonwoven fabrics with graphene oxide (GO) dispersions in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), followed by the chemical reduction of GO with hydroiodic acid (HI). GO as an amphiphilic macromolecule can be dispersed in DMF homogeneously at a concentration of 5 mg/mL, which has much lower surface tension (37.5 mN/m) than that of GO in water (72.9 mN/m, at 5 mg/mL). The hydrophobic PP nonwoven has a surface energy of 30.1 mN/m, close to the surface tension of GO in DMF. Therefore, the PP nonwoven can be easily wetted by the GO/DMF dispersion without any pretreatment. Soaking PP nonwoven in a GO/DMF dispersion leads to uniform coatings of GO on PP-fiber surfaces. After chemical reduction of GO to graphene, the resulting PP/graphene nonwoven composite offers an electrical conductivity of 35.6 S m-1 at graphene loading of 5.2 wt %, the highest among the existing conductive PP systems reported, indicating that surface tension of coating baths has significant impact on the coating uniformity and affinity. The conductivity of our PP/graphene nonwoven is also stable against stirring washing test. In addition, here we demonstrate a monolithic supercapacitor derived from the PP-GO nonwoven composite by using a direct laser-patterning process. The resulted sandwich supercapacitor shows a high areal capacitance of 4.18 mF/cm2 in PVA-H2SO4 gel electrolyte. The resulting highly conductive or capacitive PP/graphene nonwoven carries great promise to be used as electronic textiles. DA - 2017/8/1/ PY - 2017/8/1/ DO - 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01508 VL - 33 IS - 30 SP - 7452-7458 SN - 0743-7463 ER - TY - JOUR TI - An assessment of organic apparel, environmental beliefs and consumer preferences via fashion innovativeness AU - Matthews, Delisia AU - Rothenberg, Lori T2 - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONSUMER STUDIES AB - The topic of organic apparel has been widely discussed among academics and practitioners in recent years. While numerous studies have been done on the topic, few studies to date have assessed the topic of fashion innovativeness and its influence on attitudes towards organic apparel. In addition, an evaluation of consumer preferences for organic apparel from a conjoint analysis perspective has not been implemented. Thus, the purpose of the present study was to identify which organic apparel attributes are most important to high fashion innovativeness and low fashion innovativeness groups. Furthermore, the variables of environmental beliefs and attitudes towards purchasing organic apparel were assessed. An online survey was developed to measure the variables, including a full profile discrete choice design used to measure attribute preferences for t‐shirts. The data were analyzed using a multinomial logit model and desirability indices. The results indicated that the low fashion innovativeness group preferred organic and eco‐friendly apparel more than the high fashion innovativeness group. In addition, when examining high fashion innovativeness and low fashion innovativeness groups overall, the preferred t‐shirt was Dri‐Fit, Cotton Jersey Knit, Made In America, Eco‐Friendly and $25.00. However, when examining high fashion innovativeness and low fashion innovativeness groups separately for the preferred t‐shirt, differences appeared in Sustainable. The results suggest that high fashion innovativeness and low fashion innovativeness groups may desire different organic apparel attributes when considering organic apparel. DA - 2017/9// PY - 2017/9// DO - 10.1111/ijcs.12362 VL - 41 IS - 5 SP - 526-533 SN - 1470-6431 UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85018729130&partnerID=MN8TOARS KW - Apparel KW - Conjoint Analysis KW - Fashion Innovativeness KW - Organic KW - Sustainability ER - TY - JOUR TI - Three-dimensional modeling and simulation of deformation behavior of fancy weft knitted stitch fabric AU - Sha, Sha AU - Ma, Pibo AU - Chapman, Lisa Parrillo AU - Jiang, Gaoming AU - Zhang, Aijun T2 - TEXTILE RESEARCH JOURNAL AB - In order to obtain deformation behavior and volumetric characteristic of fancy weft knitted fabric, loop models are built on improved particle systems in this article. The problem of the non-uniform rational B-splines (NURBS) curves, which cannot pass through all control points, is solved by using an interpolation algorithm which can generate new auxiliary points. To simulate the twist of folded yarns, the NURBS curves are regarded as the geometric center, which is rotated with cylinders whose three relative Euler angles are calculated by the spatial coordinates of adjacent points. By analyzing the relationship between the deformation of the loop and the displacement of the particles, the deformation behavior of fancy weft knitted stitches is simulated. Velocity-Verlet, a numerical integration, is introduced to simulate fancy weft knitted stitches, and stable results are obtained. The results show that these models and algorithm accurately display the deformation behavior of fancy weft knitted stitches, as demonstrated by qualitative comparisons to measure the deformations of actual samples, and the simulator can scale up to animations with complex dynamic motion. DA - 2017/9// PY - 2017/9// DO - 10.1177/0040517516658518 VL - 87 IS - 14 SP - 1742-1751 SN - 1746-7748 KW - fancy weft knitted stitch KW - NURBS curves KW - particle system KW - deformation behavior KW - velocity-Verlet ER - TY - JOUR TI - Multi-year application of WRF-CAM5 over East Asia-Part I: Comprehensive evaluation and formation regimes of O-3 and PM2.5 AU - He, Jian AU - Zhang, Yang AU - Wang, Kai AU - Chen, Ying AU - Leung, L. Ruby AU - Fan, Jiwen AU - Li, Meng AU - Zheng, Bo AU - Zhang, Qiang AU - Duan, Fengkui AU - He, Kebin T2 - ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT AB - Accurate simulations of air quality and climate require robust model parameterizations on regional and global scales. The Weather Research and Forecasting model with Chemistry version 3.4.1 has been coupled with physics packages from the Community Atmosphere Model version 5 (CAM5) (WRF-CAM5) to assess the robustness of the CAM5 physics package for regional modeling at higher grid resolutions than typical grid resolutions used in global modeling. In this two-part study, Part I describes the application and evaluation of WRF-CAM5 over East Asia at a horizontal resolution of 36-km for six years: 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2011. The simulations are evaluated comprehensively with a variety of datasets from surface networks, satellites, and aircraft. The results show that meteorology is relatively well simulated by WRF-CAM5. However, cloud variables are largely or moderately underpredicted, indicating uncertainties in the model treatments of dynamics, thermodynamics, and microphysics of clouds/ices as well as aerosol-cloud interactions. For chemical predictions, the tropospheric column abundances of CO, NO2, and O3 are well simulated, but those of SO2 and HCHO are moderately overpredicted, and the column HCHO/NO2 indicator is underpredicted. Large biases exist in the surface concentrations of CO, NOx, and PM10 due to uncertainties in the emissions as well as vertical mixing. The underpredictions of NO lead to insufficient O3 titration, thus O3 overpredictions. The model can generally reproduce the observed O3 and PM indicators. These indicators suggest to control NOx emissions throughout the year, and VOCs emissions in summer in big cities and in winter over North China Plain, North/South Korea, and Japan to reduce surface O3, and to control SO2, NH3, and NOx throughout the year to reduce inorganic surface PM. DA - 2017/9// PY - 2017/9// DO - 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.06.015 VL - 165 SP - 122-142 SN - 1873-2844 KW - Regional air quality KW - Regional climate change KW - Multi-year evaluation KW - O-3 and PM indicators KW - WRF-CAM5 KW - East Asia ER - TY - JOUR TI - Effect of yarn structure on wicking and its impact on bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA) on woven cotton fabrics AU - Li, Xingyu AU - Li, Jingyao AU - Michielsen, Stephen T2 - FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL AB - Bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA) of bloodstains on hard, non-porous surfaces has found widespread use in crime scene analysis and reconstruction for violent crimes in which bloodshed occurs. At many violent crime scenes, bloody clothing is also found and may be analyzed. However, to date, there are no definitive methods for analyzing bloodstains on textiles, even for simple drip stains. There are two major classes of textiles used for apparel and household textiles, weaves and knits. In this article, drip stains on two 100% cotton plain weave fabrics representative of bed sheets are analyzed. Since it is common practice in the manufacture of bed sheeting to use different types of yarn in the warp and weft direction to reduce cost, custom weaves were made from yarns produced by each of the three most common staple yarn production techniques to control this variable. It was found that porcine blood wicked into the fabrics made with ring spun yarn, but not into those made with open end or vortex spun yarns. The uneven wicking of blood into the different yarns resulted in elliptical-shaped stains on commercial bed sheeting that can be misleading when performing bloodstain pattern interpretation based on the stain morphology. This surprising result demonstrates that it is not sufficient to analyze the structure of the fabric, but one must also characterize the yarns from which the fabric is made. This study highlights the importance of a deeper characterization of the textile structure, even down to the yarn level, for BPA on textiles. DA - 2017/7// PY - 2017/7// DO - 10.1016/j.forsciint.2017.04.011 VL - 276 SP - 41-50 SN - 1872-6283 KW - Bloodstains KW - Textiles KW - Woven KW - Yarn KW - BPA KW - Cotton ER - TY - JOUR TI - Lean Six Sigma applications in the textile industry: a case study AU - Adikorley, Ruth Dede AU - Rothenberg, Lori AU - Guillory, Aaron T2 - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEAN SIX SIGMA AB - Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore Lean Six Sigma (LSS) project and program success in the textile and apparel industry. This paper presents depictions of LSS implementations and the resulting economic impact for a textile company. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative approach consisting of a single descriptive case study and project document reviews was used. This method provided an in-depth view into what LSS means for one medium-sized global textile company and how it has proven important to the company’s success. Findings Three successful projects, two on changeover time reduction and one on metal contamination, were completed. Additional findings from this study suggest that strategic partnerships with other high-performing companies and storytelling are two critical success factors. Also, it is critical for management to convey a clear vision for LSS that can be operationalized within a company for successful deployment of LSS textile projects. Research limitations/implications The findings from this case study cannot be generalized. Originality/value The literature on LSS in small- and medium-sized businesses is limited. The literature on the use of LSS in the textile and apparel industry is even more limited. This paper shows various processes within the textile complex where LSS has been deployed successfully, yielding economic impacts. By using qualitative methods, the value of strategic partnerships, storytelling and a vision was seen. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1108/ijlss-03-2016-0014 VL - 8 IS - 2 SP - 210-224 SN - 2040-4174 KW - Lean Six Sigma KW - Case study KW - Textile industry KW - Interview KW - Apparel industry ER - TY - JOUR TI - In-situ formation of tin-antimony sulfide in nitrogen-sulfur Co-doped carbon nanofibers as high performance anode materials for sodium-ion batteries AU - Chen, Chen AU - Li, Guoqing AU - Zhu, Jiadeng AU - Lu, Yao AU - Jiang, Mengjin AU - Hu, Yi AU - Shen, Zhen AU - Zhang, Xiangwu T2 - CARBON AB - As potential alternatives to lithium-ion batteries in grid energy storage application, sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) have attracted tremendous attention. Absence of high-performance anode material remains a challenge to commercialize SIBs. Herein, a SnSbSx/porous carbon nanofiber (SnSbSx/PCNF) composite with superior performance is successfully prepared via electrospinning, followed by a sulfuration treatment. The as-prepared SnSbSx/PCNF composite exhibits a unique two-dimensional nano-sheet morphology. As a result, the SnSbSx/PCNFs can deliver a high reversible capacity of 566.7 mAh g−1 after 80 cycles and achieve good cycling stability and rate capability when used as anode materials for SIBs. The improved electrochemical performance of SnSbSx/PCNFs can be ascribed to the synergistic effects of SnSbSx nano-sheets and enhanced diffusion coefficient of Na+ in sulfurated PCNFs (SPCNFs), which can not only provide good electronic conductivity but also buffer the volume change of the SnSbSx nano-sheets during sodiation/desodiation process. Additionally, the sulfuration process generates a sulfur doping effect on the PCNFs, further enhancing their sodium storage ability. Therefore, the excellent Na-storage ability demonstrates SnSbSx/PCNFs a great potential as anode material for high-performance SIBs. DA - 2017/8// PY - 2017/8// DO - 10.1016/j.carbon.2017.05.072 VL - 120 SP - 380-391 SN - 1873-3891 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Enhanced anisotropic response of dielectric elastomer actuators with microcombed and etched carbon nanotube sheet electrodes AU - Fang, Xiaomeng AU - Li, Ang AU - Yildiz, Ozkan AU - Shao, Huiqi AU - Bradford, Philip D. AU - Ghosh, Tushar K. T2 - CARBON AB - Dielectric elastomers (DE), also known as dielectric electroactive polymers offer tremendous potential in a wide-ranging applications including microrobotics and wearable responsive systems. The real-world application of DEs, however, has been limited by a number of factors, including facile means of producing directional stress/strain. As a critical component of the DE actuator, the electrodes should have high electrical conductance under finite in-plane deformation, good electromechanical stability, and ease of shaping based on the design requirements. In this work we investigate highly aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) sheets as electrodes in DE actuators to yield anisotropic electromechanical response. The morphology of CNT sheets were altered by microcombing and selective laser etching to enhance mechanical anisotropy. The enhancement of CNT sheets alignment results in almost pure unidirectional strain of 33% at a relatively moderate electric field. The results demonstrate that the deformation anisotropy of DE actuators can be significantly improved by directional laser etching of the electrodes rather than microcombing alone. DA - 2017/8// PY - 2017/8// DO - 10.1016/j.carbon.2017.05.067 VL - 120 SP - 366-373 SN - 1873-3891 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Nylon-Graphene Composite Nonwovens as Monolithic Conductive or Capacitive Fabrics AU - Pan, Qin AU - Shim, Eunkyoung AU - Pourdeyhimi, Behnam AU - Gao, Wei T2 - ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES AB - Here we describe a nylon-graphene nonwoven (NGN) composite, prepared via melt-blowing of nylon-6 into nonwoven fabrics and infiltrate those with graphene oxide (GO) in aqueous dispersions, which were further chemically reduced into graphene to offer electrical conductivity. The correlation between the conductivity and the graphene loading is described by the percolation scaling law σ = (p – pc)t, with an exponent t of 1.2 and a critical concentration pc of 0.005 wt %, the lowest among all the nylon composites reported. Monolithic supercapacitors have been further developed on the nylon-GO nonwoven composites (NGO), via a programed CO2-laser patterning process. The nylon nonwoven works as an efficient matrix, providing high capacity to GO and ensuring enough electrode materials generated via the subsequent laser patterning processes. Our best monolithic supercapacitors exhibited an areal capacitance of 10.37 mF cm–2 in PVA-H2SO4 electrolyte, much higher than the 1–3 mF cm–2 reported for typical microsupercapacitors. Moreover, our supercapacitors were able to retain a capacitance density of 5.07 mF cm–2 at an ultrahigh scan rate (1 V s–1), probably due to the facilitated ion migration within the highly porous nonwoven framework. This is the first report of highly functional nylon-6 nonwovens, fabricated via industrially scalable pathways into low-cost conductive polymer matrices and disposable energy storage systems. DA - 2017/3/8/ PY - 2017/3/8/ DO - 10.1021/acsami.7b00471 VL - 9 IS - 9 SP - 8308-8316 SN - 1944-8244 KW - graphene oxide (GO) KW - nonwoven KW - nylon-6 KW - conductive polymer composites KW - monolithic supercapacitors ER - TY - JOUR TI - Dynamic adsorption of ammonia: apparatus, testing conditions, and adsorption capacities AU - Amid, Hooman AU - Maze, Benoit AU - Flickinger, Michael C. AU - Pourdeyhimi, Behnam T2 - MEASUREMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AB - There is a growing need for adsorbents with high capacities for adsorption of toxic gas molecules. Methods and conditions to test these materials introduce large discrepancies and overestimates (~90%) in the reported literature. This study describes a simple apparatus utilizing hand-held inexpensive gas sensors for testing adsorbents and hybrid adsorbent materials, explains possible sources for the observed discrepancies based on how the measurements are made, and provides guidelines for accurate measurements of adsorption capacity. Ammonia was the model gas and Ammonasorb™ activated carbon was the model commercial adsorbent. Inlet ammonia concentration, residence time, adsorbent pre-treatment (baking) and humidity, affected the measured adsorption capacities. Results suggest that the time lag in gas detection sensors leads to overestimated capacities. Monitoring both inlet and outlet concentrations using two calibrated sensors solved this issue. There was a direct relationship between adsorption capacity and residence time and capacities were higher at higher inlet concentrations. The size of the adsorbent particles did not show a significant effect on adsorption breakthrough, and the apparatus was able to quantify how humidity reduced the adsorption capacity. DA - 2017/5// PY - 2017/5// DO - 10.1088/1361-6501/aa6236 VL - 28 IS - 5 SP - SN - 1361-6501 KW - Adsorption capacity/breakthrough KW - ammonia KW - activated carbon KW - test methods KW - gas detector ER - TY - JOUR TI - Compressive piezoresistive behavior of carbon nanotube sheets embedded in woven glass fiber reinforced composites AU - Aly, Karim AU - Li, Ang AU - Bradford, Philip D. T2 - COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING AB - Due to the difficulties associated with performing compression tests and the complex nature of compression failure, the number of studies that have examined the piezoresistive response of carbon nanotube (CNT) sensing networks in composites under compression loading has been limited. This paper introduces a novel technique for embedding aligned sheets of two millimeter long, interconnected CNTs into the interlaminar region of laminated composite structures to assess the potential of the CNT sheets to function as strain sensing materials for composite structures subjected to axial compression loading. Quasi-static and cyclic compression mechanical loading tests were accompanied by real time electrical resistance change data acquisition and the results suggested that the CNT sheet sensing material composed of six CNT sheets layers exhibited improved sensitivity, stability and repeatability which are vital properties for any successful health monitoring technique. The coupons with six CNT sheets layers embedded exhibited piezoresistivity that showed some linearity in tension and was nonlinear in compression. This piezoresistive response was characterized as anti-symmetric around zero strain all the way until fracture. DA - 2017/5/1/ PY - 2017/5/1/ DO - 10.1016/j.compositesb.2016.11.002 VL - 116 SP - 459-470 SN - 1879-1069 KW - Polymer matrix-composites (PMCs) KW - Electrical properties KW - Mechanical properties KW - Mechanical testing ER - TY - JOUR TI - A critical review on compression textiles for compression therapy: Textile-based compression interventions for chronic venous insufficiency AU - Liu, Rong AU - Guo, Xia AU - Lao, Terence T. AU - Little, Trevor T2 - TEXTILE RESEARCH JOURNAL AB - Compression textiles as adjuvant physical interventions are increasingly applied for prophylaxis and treatment of chronic venous insufficiency (CVI), providing benefits of calibrated compression and controlled stretch. Pressure dosage delivered and mechanical properties (stiffness, elasticity and hysteresis) are determined by material nature, stitches structures, fabrication technology and delivery modes. Laplace’s Law and Pascal’s Law contribute to elaborate the static and dynamic working mechanisms behind the interaction between compression interventions and a biological body. However, there is still a lack of sufficient awareness on compression materials, and there is controversy regarding the best solution for clinical application of compression. This study integrates the views from physiology, pathophysiology, biomechanics, material science and textile engineering, to review and clarify physical–mechanical characteristics of compression materials, working mechanisms of textile-based compression interventions and their medical benefits in chronic venous insufficiency treatment. The aim is to enhance understanding of compression textiles applied in compression therapy, and to facilitate cooperation among multiple parties working in related supply chains, thus promoting textile-based compression interventions in chronic venous insufficiency treatment and growth of technical textiles applied in healthcare, medical and rehabilitation fields. DA - 2017/6// PY - 2017/6// DO - 10.1177/0040517516646041 VL - 87 IS - 9 SP - 1121-1141 SN - 1746-7748 KW - chronic venous insufficiency KW - compression textiles KW - compression therapy KW - compression stocking and bandage KW - physical-mechanical characteristics KW - structure and fabrication technology ER - TY - JOUR TI - Impact of competitive strategy and cost-focus on global supplier switching (reshore and relocation) decisions AU - Uluskan, Meryem AU - Godfrey, A. Blanton AU - Joines, Jeff A. T2 - JOURNAL OF THE TEXTILE INSTITUTE AB - This study analyzes how global supplier switching decisions (reshore and relocate) are influenced by the buyers’ cost-focus and competitive strategies. Comprehensive survey data were gathered from US textile and apparel industry. The analysis revealed that the buyers with distinct competitive strategies such as Made-in-USA, speed-to-market are likely to have significantly higher proportions of reshoring activities. Furthermore, large companies and retailers are shown to be more cost-focused than small and manufacturing companies, respectively. Finally, cost-focused companies are shown to be more likely to switch their international suppliers. By analyzing the buyer side of supplier-switching and identifying the common features of companies engaging in reshoring or relocation, our analysis enables us to better interpret international supplier-switching. While other studies have regarded the superior performance of the prospective supplier or the external issues as the main factors, we emphasize the impact of internal dynamics of buyers on the international supplier-switching processes. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1080/00405000.2016.1245596 VL - 108 IS - 8 SP - 1308-1318 SN - 1754-2340 KW - Supplier-switching KW - reshoring KW - relocation KW - competitive strategy KW - cost-focused outsourcing ER - TY - JOUR TI - Geometric impact of void space in woven fabrics on oil resistance or repellency AU - Lim, Jihye AU - Powell, Nancy AU - Lee, Hoonjoo AU - Michielsen, Stephen T2 - JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE DA - 2017/7// PY - 2017/7// DO - 10.1007/s10853-017-1022-9 VL - 52 IS - 13 SP - 8149-8158 SN - 1573-4803 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Consumer decision making when purchasing eco-friendly apparel AU - Rothenberg, Lori AU - Matthews, Delisia T2 - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT AB - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the realistic trade-offs young consumers make when purchasing organic T-shirts. Design/methodology/approach A full profile discrete choice design was used. The data were analysed using a multinomial logit model and desirability indices. Findings Price was the most important attribute to consumers followed by the place of production and then sustainability. Consumers were most willing to purchase T-shirts that are eco-friendly, Made In America, made from wrinkle-free technology and cotton jersey knit fabric, and have a price of $15. Although consumers were most willing to pay $15, some were still willing to pay $25 or even $35 for the same eco-friendly T-shirt. Practical implications Consumers in the current study were more willing to purchase eco-friendly as opposed to organic apparel. The findings suggest that retailers need to consider the language used when communicating with consumers. Also, consumers were more willing to purchase T-shirts Made In America. Retailers may want to promote their domestic manufacturing through in-depth branding and promotions. Originality/value In order to identify the attributes to be used in the current study, labels on T-shirts in stores were examined and then those attributes were verified in the literature. In addition, the inclusion of price as an attribute, rather than as a separate independent question, provides a more realistic view of young consumers’ decision making. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1108/ijrdm-06-2016-0099 VL - 45 IS - 4 SP - 404-418 SN - 1758-6690 UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85016043098&partnerID=MN8TOARS KW - Sustainability KW - Apparel KW - Organic KW - Conjoint analysis KW - Discrete choice KW - Made In America ER - TY - JOUR TI - The response of polymer optical fiber (POF) to cyclic loading for the application of a POF sensor for automotive seat occupancy sensing AU - Haroglu, Derya AU - Powell, Nancy AU - Seyam, Abdel-Fattah M. T2 - JOURNAL OF THE TEXTILE INSTITUTE AB - The goal of this research aimed to develop an accurate and reproducible textile-based optical fiber sensor for automotive seat occupancy. In our previous publication, the response of perfluorinated (PF) graded index (GI) polymer optical fibers (POFs) (62.5/750 and 62.5/490 μm) to bending and tensile loading was investigated. In this study, the response of the PF GI POFs to cyclic loading was investigated. The repeated loading and unloading the POF sensor would experience due to car vibrations and multiple uses by seat occupants, might cause fatigue failure to the POF sensor. The results showed that the Cytop-1 did not show any permanent deformation up to 500 cycles at strain rates 4 and 60 mm/min at a gage length of 76.2 mm in its elastic sensitive strain region. The Cytop-2 showed permanent deformation at 3.5% strain after 500 cycles at a gage length of 76.2 mm. Thus, the Cytop-1 was found out to be more appropriate to be used as an optical fiber sensor for automotive seat occupancy sensing relative to the Cytop-2. In this study, a theoretical approach of the behavior of PF GI POF to cyclic loading was also provided. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1080/00405000.2015.1133755 VL - 108 IS - 1 SP - 42-48 SN - 1754-2340 KW - Perfluorinated graded index polymer optical fiber KW - OTDR KW - cyclic loading KW - automotive KW - seat occupancy sensing ER - TY - JOUR TI - The response of polymer optical fiber (POF) to bending and axial tension for the application of a POF sensor for automotive seat occupancy sensing AU - Haroglu, Derya AU - Powell, Nancy AU - Seyam, Abdel-Fattah M. T2 - JOURNAL OF THE TEXTILE INSTITUTE AB - The automotive industry is a promising area for innovations in the field of polymer optical fiber (POF) sensors as the industry currently uses the POF mostly for data transmissions. Since an optical fiber sensor has a high bandwidth, is small in size, is lightweight, and is immune to electromagnetic interference, it offers higher performance than that of its electrical-based counterparts such as the strain gage, elastomeric bladder, and resistive sensor systems. This enhanced performance makes an optical fiber sensor a suitable material for sensing seat occupancy for improved safety features in automobiles. The overall goal of this research is to develop a textile-based optical fiber sensor for automotive seat occupancy with high accuracy and reproducibility. In this study, the bending and tensile loading responses of POF were investigated, where two perfluorinated (PF) graded index (GI) POFs with two different core/cladding diameters, 62.5/750 and 62.5/490 μm, were used. The bending loss and the light attenuation against the applied axial stress were measured by a photon counting optical time-domain reflectometer. The critical bending diameters were analyzed: Cytop-1 (62.5/750 μm) ≥ 38.10 mm, Cytop-2 (62.5/490 μm) ≥ 44.45 mm. Furthermore, the elastic sensitive strain regions (x), where the stress-induced loss was recoverable, of the POFs at a 76.2 mm gage length at a strain rate of 4 mm/min were determined: Cytop-1: 3% ≤ x ≤ 3.5%, Cytop-2: 3.1% ≤ x ≤ 3.3%. The Cytop-1 was found to be less sensitive to bending and to have greater elastic sensitive strain range relative to the Cytop-2. In this study, a theoretical approach of the PF GI POF behavior to bending and axial tension was provided. The results demonstrated the feasibility of POFs as optical fiber sensors for automotive seat occupancy sensing. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1080/00405000.2016.1160755 VL - 108 IS - 1 SP - 132-139 SN - 1754-2340 KW - Perfluorinated graded index polymer optical fiber KW - OTDR KW - polymer optical fiber sensor KW - automotive KW - seat occupancy sensing ER - TY - JOUR TI - Study of optimum parameters for Chinese female underwire bra size system by 3D virtual anthropometric measurement AU - Liu, Yu AU - Wang, Jianping AU - Istook, Cynthia L. T2 - JOURNAL OF THE TEXTILE INSTITUTE AB - The aim of this paper is to explore the optimum parameters for Chinese female underwire bra size system. Raw data was collected for 275 subjects using a 3D scanner, and 108 measurement values were extracted by reverse engineering software Polyworks. Analysis of data was conducted by integrating the entropy weight method and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) methods. It was determined that the value of breast breadth (straight distance from inner most point to outer most point on the breast) should be added to the pivotal parameters and compared to previous research to classify the breast shape and to create a totally new size system for the underwire bra. This information can provide the value width for the pattern maker and help in choosing the right sized & shaped wire for the underwire bra. When compared to former research, more breast shapes were defined than when only the depth width ratio and under-bust girth were used as parameters. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1080/00405000.2016.1195954 VL - 108 IS - 6 SP - 877-882 SN - 1754-2340 UR - https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00405000.2016.1195954 KW - Underwire bra KW - optimum parameters KW - pattern design KW - size system KW - virtual KW - entropy analysis ER - TY - JOUR TI - Mechanical and radiation shielding properties of mortars with additive fine aggregate mine waste AU - Gallala, Wissem AU - Hayouni, Yousra AU - Gaied, Mohamed Essghaier AU - Fusco, Michael AU - Alsaied, Jasmin AU - Bailey, Kathryn AU - Bourham, Mohamed T2 - ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY AB - Incorporation of barite-fluorspar mine waste (BFMW) as a fine aggregate additive has been investigated for its effect on the mechanical and shielding properties of cement mortar. Several mortar mixtures were prepared with different proportions of BFMW ranging from 0% to 30% as fine aggregate replacement. Cement mortar mixtures were evaluated for density, compressive and tensile strengths, and gamma ray radiation shielding. The results revealed that the mortar mixes containing 25% BFMW reaches the highest compressive strength values, which exceeded 50 MPa. Evaluation of gamma-ray attenuation was both measured by experimental tests and computationally calculated using MicroShield software package, and results have shown that using BFMW aggregates increases attenuation coefficient by about 20%. These findings have demonstrated that the mine waste can be suitably used as partial replacement aggregate to improve radiation shielding as well as to reduce the mortar and concrete costs. DA - 2017/3// PY - 2017/3// DO - 10.1016/j.anucene.2016.11.022 VL - 101 SP - 600-606 SN - 0306-4549 KW - Barite-fluorspar mine waste KW - Radiation shielding mortars KW - Sand replacement KW - Fine aggregates KW - Concrete blending KW - Gamma ray shielding ER - TY - JOUR TI - Finite element modelling of Chinese male professionals' necks using 3d body measurements AU - Wang, S. AU - Xu, Y. AU - Wang, H. T2 - The Journal of Textile Institute AB - Recognizing the influence of occupational habits on human morphology, there has been a discernible increase in research taking anthropometric body measurements of a target population for the purpose of customized product development and production to meet different customer needs. This study aims to develop a 3D neck model for the Chinese young male office workers with a goal to provide a tool to maximize the ergonomic fit and comfort of the collar part of apparel products. A total of 200 male Chinese office workers meeting the sampling criteria were recruited for this study. Using factor analysis, the raw 3D measurements were reduced to a six-factor seven-measure model, capturing majority of the neck structure information. Based on these 7 neck measurements, the 200 subjects were classified through K means cluster analysis into 4 clusters. The cluster with largest number of subjects was chosen for the 3D neck model development. This 3D model includes three layers: the skin layer, the soft tissue layer and the skeleton layer. Comparing to 2D neck models, this three-layer 3D neck model provides a better and closer imitation of real human necks, permitting simulation and investigation of the pressure-deformation process that a neck experiences during wearing. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1080/00405000.2016.1186911 VL - 108 IS - 5 SP - 766–775 SN - 1754-2340 KW - Chinese young male office workers KW - 3D body measurements KW - finite element KW - 3D neck model development ER - TY - JOUR TI - Effect of annealing on charging properties of electret fibers AU - Kilic, A. AU - Shim, E. AU - Pourdeyhimi, B. T2 - Journal of the Textile Institute AB - In the present work, effect of annealing on charging and surface morphology of isotactic polypropylene (PP) filaments was reported. To enhance the surface crystallinity of the filaments, samples were annealed at 70 and 110 °C for 12 h. As expected, fiber surface crystallinity increased upon annealing which led more stable electret fibers. However, the change in the initial surface potential was not so remarkable. The same trend was also observed in filaments containing a commercial nucleating agent, NA11 (sodium 2,2′-methylene-bis(4,6-di-tertbutylphenyl)-phosphate). Surface crystallinity was analyzed using the intensity of specific peaks obtained from attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy analysis. The surface charge characteristics of fibers were determined using a modified surface potential decay test. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1080/00405000.2016.1207269 VL - 108 IS - 6 SP - 987-991 ER - TY - JOUR TI - A textile- based optical fiber sensor design for automotive seat occupancy sensing AU - Haroglu, Derya AU - Powell, Nancy AU - Seyam, Abdel-Fattah M. T2 - JOURNAL OF THE TEXTILE INSTITUTE AB - In our previous publications, the response of perfluorinated (PF) graded index (GI) POFs (62.5/750, 62.5/490 μm) to bending, tensile loading, and cyclic loading was investigated. The results showed that Cytop-1 (62.5/750 μm) was more appropriate to be used as an optical fiber sensor for automotive seat occupancy sensing relative to Cytop-2 (62.5/490 μm). In this study, a textile-based optical fiber sensor was designed and the effect of automotive seat covering including face material and foam backing on a sensor’s performance was analyzed. The pressure interval under which the proposed POF sensor design could perform well was found to be between 0.18 and 0.21 N/cm2, where PF GI POF (62.5/750 μm) was used as the POF material. The responses of the sensor in this interval were observed to be accurate and reproducible. The face fabric structure and the thickness of foam backing were not found to be significant factors to change the sensor response. Artificial neural network (ANN) was used for data analysis, and Qwiknet (version 2.23) software was used to develop ANNs. According to the results of Qwiknet, the prediction performances for training and testing data-sets were 75 and 83.33%, respectively. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1080/00405000.2015.1133756 VL - 108 IS - 1 SP - 49-57 SN - 1754-2340 KW - Perfluorinated graded index polymer optical fiber KW - OTDR KW - automotive seat occupancy sensing KW - artificial neural networks ER - TY - JOUR TI - Structures and properties of hydroentangled nonwovens: effect of number of manifolds AU - Venu, L. B. S. AU - Shim, E. AU - Anantharamaiah, N. AU - Pourdeyhimi, B. T2 - Journal of the Textile Institute AB - Hydroentangling is a process in which fibers are entangled by impinging of a curtain of high-speed water jets to form mechanically strong, soft, and textile-like fabrics. Hydroentangled nonwovens are finding a gamut of applications without knowing the entangling mechanisms. In most applications, hydroentangling is carried out using multiple manifolds. This study focuses on the formation of hydroentangled web structures with multiple manifolds and their properties. The 3D analysis revealed the internal structures of hydroentangled nonwovens disclosing formation of fiber loops at jet impact regions. We also report changes of fiber orientations and fiber interlocking within web structures in nonwovens hydroentanged with multiple manifolds. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017/// DO - 10.1080/00405000.2016.1165400 VL - 108 IS - 3 SP - 301-313 ER -