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Objective Evaluation of Fabric Softness

Yan Chen

School of Human Ecology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, U.S.A.

Billie Collier

School of Human Ecology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, U.S.A.

Patrick Hu

Albemarle Corporation Technical Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70829, U.S.A.

Debbie Quebedeaux

Albemarle Corporation Technical Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70829, U.S.A.

The method of fuzzy comprehensive evaluation is used to solve the problem of grading fabric softness. Fabric mechanical properties that are regarded as determining fabric softness are measured with the KES-FB instruments. Statistical methods of ANOVA and factor analysis are suggested to determine the weighting-factor vector A, and the fuzzy conversion matrix U is formed on an assumption of linear membership function. Corre lation of fuzzy evaluation, subjective evaluation, and the Kawabata primary hand evalu ation is estimated statistically. The established fuzzy models focus particularly on for pure cotton and 50/50 cotton/polyester blended fabrics, and the results encourage further investigation for industrial implementation.

Textile Research Journal, Vol. 70, No. 5, 443-448 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/004051750007000510
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