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Sock fabrics: Relevance of fiber type, yarn, fabric structure and moisture on cyclic compression Van Amber, R, Lowe, B, Niven, B, Laing, R and Wilson, C 2015, 'Sock fabrics: Relevance of fiber type, yarn, fabric structure and moisture on cyclic compression', Textile Research Journal, vol. 85, no. 1, pp. 26-35. Document type: Journal Article Collection: Journal Articles Title Sock fabrics: Relevance of fiber type, yarn, fabric structure and moisture on cyclic compression Author(s) Van Amber, R Lowe, B Niven, B Laing, R Wilson, C Year 2015 Journal name Textile Research Journal Volume number 85 Issue number 1 Start page 26 End page 35 Total pages 10 Publisher Sage Abstract The objective of this study was to subject dry and damp sock fabrics to repeated compression cycles in order to determine the relative effects of fiber type (fine wool, mid-micron wool, acrylic), yarn type (high twist, low twist, single) and fabric structure (single jersey, half-terry, terry) on fabric compression and recovery from compression. Changes in fabric thickness were measured using a tensile tester and a number of parameters identified and analyzed: retained thickness, recovered thickness, compression to recovery ratio, energy absorption and energy absorption standardized for fabric thickness. The dominant factor was the number of compression cycles, with most change in the thickness retained and recovered evident within the first 10 cycles. The pattern of response of dry and damp fabrics was quite different with, the dry fabrics having a better compression to recovery ratio. Energy absorption was affected strongly by fabric structure, however this was closely related to initial fabric thickness. When fabrics were made damp, fabrics composed of acrylic fibers had a better compression to recovery ratio than fabrics composed of wool. Subject Textile Technology Keyword(s) cyclic compression fabric structure fiber type moisture content sock fabrics thickness yarn type DOI - identifier 10.1177/0040517514534750 Copyright notice © The Author(s) 2014 ISSN 0040-5175 Related Links Link Description https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0040517514534750 Link to Published Version   Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 23 May 2019, 15:05:33 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 5 times in Thomson Reuters Web of Science Article | Citations Cited 0 times in Scopus Article Altmetric details: Access Statistics: 18 Abstract Views  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 23 May 2019, 08:44:00 EST by Catalyst Administrator