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Sport is an important part of many people's lives. Sports materials should provide maximum comfort to the person who wears them during sports performance. The above proves a view of the global market where sportswear occupies an important place within the entire textile industry. Advances in technology and the development of high-performance materials have also improved the performance of sportswear. The functionality of materials intended for the production of sportswear and new design solutions are tested primarily on professional athletes.The research presented in this paper focuses on the investigation of materials that are intended for the production of functional sportswear. The research compares the standard and recycled materials with different percentages of elastane yarn. In the focus of the research are the following material properties: mass per unit area, thickness, bending rigidity, porosity, water vapour permeability, and drying speed. The results of measurements are discussed within the context of material use and more appropriate materials within an evaluated set of materials are outlined.
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This work has been fully supported by Croatian Science Foundation under the project IP-2020-02-5041 Textile Materials for Enhanced Comfort in Sports - TEMPO.
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Salopek Čubrić, I., Čubrić, G., Petrov, A., Rolich, T. (2023). Evaluation of Properties of Materials for Functional Football Sportswear. In: Karabegovic, I., Kovačević, A., Mandzuka, S. (eds) New Technologies, Development and Application VI. NT 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 707. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34721-4_22
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