2001 Volume 2 Issue 4 Pages 27-32
Tactile sensation for four nylon6 satin fabrics of different fiber fineness has been examined. Four grades of fineness of the fibers were employed as 0.74 (micro-fiber), 1.4, 4.4, and 56 dtex. Several tactile adjectives effective to express tactile sensation were selected by means of factor analysis for questionnaire data. The tactile adjectives selected were related to feeling and sense to heat and moisture. The evaluation data for tactile sensation of fabrics were analyzed by paired comparison method using the selected adjectives. It is stressed that the correspondence of tactile sensation to physical properties of the fabrics was observed for fiber fineness of about ldtex or more. It has been further clarified tin the present work that the micro fiber fabric shows a specific tactile sensation compared with normal fiber fabric.
