Investigation and Prediction the Permeability of Woollen Fabrics

Authors : Zehra Evrim Kanat

Pages : 1967-1976

Doi:10.34248/bsengineering.1684058

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Publication Date : 2025-11-15

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The water vapor and air permeability properties of fabrics are the determining factors for thermal comfort. It is stated in the literature that the hygroscopic structure of wool fibre and the fibre surface properties improve the water vapor permeability property, thus increasing the sense of comfort. In this study water vapor and air permeability of 16 woollen fabric were investigated. It was shown that the effect of finishing process, weave type and raw material on air permeability is significant. In case of water vapor permeability, the effect of finishing process and weave type was found to be significant in the 95% confidence interval, while the effect of raw material was not found to be significant. Furthermore, permeability properties of woollen fabrics were predicted both multiple linear regression and artificial neural network. The R2 values of the models were 0.989 and 0.485 obtained with multiple linear regression and 0.988 and 0.773 obtained with artificial neural network, for air and water vapor permeability, respectively. Results of the artificial neural network were quite good especially for water vapor permeability.
Keywords : Air permeability, Water vapor permeability, Artificial neural network, Linear regression, Woollen fabric

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