Enhancing feel factor of designed fabric with global desirability of apparel through value engineering
- Journal of Textile Engineering & Fashion Technology
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Kanwar Varinder Pal Singh,1 Arobindo Chatterjee,1 Apurba Das,2 Raul Fangueiro3
Department of Textile Technology, National Institute of Technology, GT Road Bye-Pass, Jalandhar, Punjab, India - Arobindo Chatterjee, Department of Textile Technology NIT Jalandhar, India
- Apurba Das, Department of Textile Technology IIT Delhi, India
- Raul Fangueiro, Department of Textile Engineering University of MINHO, Portugal
Abstract
When the emphasis is on the textile and garments the desirability is known as overall desirability however with requirement engineering management as per global scenario including fashion, social desirability, climate and microclimate, it is termed as ‘’Global desirability’’ and is being denoted as DG. In this work, ‘Physiological Control System’ (PCS) of both comfort & handle is being upgraded to ‘Engineering Control System’ (ECS) by conversion of conceptual model to a mathematical model. Optimizing the fabric handle properties is based on the basic concept of neuroscience; artificial neuron model; physiological control system & engineering control system. Re-optimization of both comfort and handle by reverse engineering process is done to identify the best sample with maximum overall desirability termed as an ‘Ideal Fabric’ to achieve value added quality garment. ‘Ideal Fabric’ is identified as per the synergistic target & goal i.e. which satisfies & saddles both the parameters of comfort and handle in a compromise zone either as per the functionality of frugal engineering or by concurrent engineering.
Keywords
Comfort, Handle, Overall desirability, Global desirability, 3D body scanning, Thermal conductivity, Feel Factor, Database management, Ideal fabric, Reference fabric, knitted fabric, Clothing appearance, Surface methodology, Desirability function, Optimization technique