Improving comfort in clothing / edited by Guowen Song.

SeriesWoodhead Publishing series in textiles ; no. 106
Woodhead publishing in textiles ; no. 106. ^A696864
Contents 1. Factors affecting comfort: human physiology and the role of clothing / A.K. Roy Choudhury, P.K. Majumdar and D. Datta -- 2. Properties of fibers and fabrics that contribute to human comfort / S.A. Hosseini Ravandi and M. Valizadeh -- 3. Wool and garment comfort / J. Stanton -- 4. How consumers perceive comfort in apparel / F.S. Kilinc-Balci -- 5. Laboratory measurement of thermo-physiological comfort / L. Hes and J. Williams -- 6. Testing, analyzing and predicting the comfort properties of textiles / F.S. Kilinc-Balci -- 7. Improving thermal comfort in apparel / C.P. Ho, J. Fan, E. Newton and R. Au -- 8. Improving moisture management in apparel / R.S. Rengasamy -- 9. Improving tactile comfort in fabrics and clothing / A. Das and R. Alagirusamy -- 10. Garment pattern design and comfort / P. Watkins -- 11. Improving body movement comfort in apparel / S.P. Ashdown -- 12. Evaluating the heat stress and comfort of firefighter and emergency responder protective clothing / R. Barker -- 13. Improving comfort in military protective clothing / S. Duncan, T. McLellan, and E.G. Dickson -- 14. Balancing comfort and function in textiles worn by medical personnel / W. Cao and R.M. Cloud -- 15. Improving comfort in sports and leisure wear / V.T. Bartels -- 16. Cold weather clothing and comfort / I. Holmér -- 17. Achieving comfort in intimate apparel / W. Yu.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013427794
ISBN9781845695392
ISBN1845695399

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