Smart Textiles and Garments detailed syllabus for Fashion Technology (FT) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the FT 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 Fashion Technology 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit FT 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-V scheme and its subjects refer to FT Professional Elective-V syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of smart textiles and garments is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
POLYMERS FOR SMART TEXTILES
An overview on smart textiles, electrically active polymers materials, application of non-ionic polymer gel and elastomers for artificial muscles; heat storage and thermo regulated polymers, thermally sensitive materials, cross linked polymers as multifunctional and multi-use intelligent material; mechanical properties of fibre Bragg gratings, optical responses of FBG (Fibre Bragg Grating) sensors under deformation; smart textile composites integrated with optic sensors
Unit II
CHARACTERIZATION 5
Morphological characterisation, electrical characterization- surface and volume resistance, electromechanical characterization- change in resistance with elongation and compression, gauge factor, impedance value measurement, repeatability study, effect of environment
Unit III
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Unit IV
SMART FABRICS 5
Smart fabrics – passive, active, very smart; classification of smart materials, concept of wearable computing, structure of fabrics used for integrating different electronic sensors
Unit V
DESIGN OF SMART INTERACTIVE GARMENTS 13
Requirements, selection of material and sensors, garment construction for smart interactive garments – military applications, hospital and patient care, sports and fitness activities; smart home textiles
Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, the students shall have the knowledge on
- Requirement of polymers used in smart textiles and their properties
- Characterization of electrically active material
- Adaptive and responsive textiles
- Smart fabrics
- Design of smart interactive garments
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Tao X.M., “Smart Fibres, Fabrics and Clothing Fundamentals and Application”, Wood Head Publishing Ltd., October 2001, ISBN 1 855735466.
- Mc Cann J. and Bryson D., “Smart Clothes and Wearable Technology”, Wood Head Publishing Series in Textiles, UK, 2010, ISBN-10: 1845693574.
- Langenhove L V, “Smart textiles for medicine and healthcare”, Textile Institute & CRC press, Woodhead publishing ltd., England, 2007.
- Xiaoming Tao, Hand book of smart textiles, Springer-Verlag, Singapur,2015
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Fashion Technology 6th Sem, visit FT 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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