Clothing Comfort detailed syllabus for Handloom & Textile Technology (HT) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the HT students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Handloom & Textile Technology 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit HT 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-V scheme and its subjects refer to HT Professional Elective-V syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of clothing comfort is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION TO CLOTHING COMFORT 9
Comfort – types and definition; human clothing system, comfort perception and preferences
Unit II
PSYCHOLOGY AND NEURO PHYSIOLOGICAL COMFORT 9
Psychological comfort; neuro-physiological comfort-basis of sensory perceptions; measurement techniques – mechanical stimuli and thermal stimuli
Unit III
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Unit IV
MOISTURE TRANSMISSION 9
Heat and moisture transfer – moisture exchange, wearer’s temperature regulations, effect of physical properties of fibres, behaviour of different types of fabrics
Unit V
FABICS TACTILE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES 9
Fabric tactile and mechanical properties – fabric prickliness, itchiness, stiffness, softness, smoothness, roughness, and scratchiness; predictability of clothing comfort performance
Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to
- Explain the criteria for comfort of fabrics.
- Discuss the psychological and physiological comfort with respect to clothing.
- Describe the thermo physiological comfort of clothing.
- Analyse the behaviour of different fabrics in relation to heat and moisture transfer.
- Describe the properties of fabric with respect to comfort to the wearer.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Laing R.M., and Sleivert G.G., “Clothing, Textile and Human Performance” Textile Progress 32:2, The Textile Institute, 2002, ISBN: 1870372514 | ISBN-13: 9781870372510.
- ApurbaDas.,andAlagirusamy R., “Science in clothing comfort”, Wood head Publishing India Pvt. Ltd., India, 2010, ISBN: 1845697898 | ISBN-13: 9781845697891
- Guowen Song., “Improving comfort in clothing”, Wood head Publishing Ltd., UK, 2011, ISBN: 1845695399 | ISBN-13: 9781845695392
- Ukponmwan J.O., “The Thermal-insulation Properties of Fabrics”, Textile Progress 24:4, 154, Taylor and Francis, UK, 1993, ISBN: 1870812654 | ISBN-13: 9781870812658
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