A Study of the Relationships between the Surface Properties, Hand, and Structure of Shingosen Fabrics

This paper describes the development of an instrumental method that incorporates some modifications to the basic principles of the KES method for measuring fabric frictional properties to identify the specific differences between various kinds of shingosen fabrics. Analysis of the surface mechanical properties, including the frictional properties for the woven fabrics (belonging to the four main hand groups of shingosen), was conducted to compare the fabrics with pre-shingosen fabrics. The relationships between the fabric properties and the fabric structures are also evaluated and discussed.