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Effect of fabric sound and touch on human subjective sensation

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In order to investigate the relationship between subjective sensation for fabric sound and touch and the objective measurements, eight different apparel fabrics were selected as specimens. Sound parameters of fabrics including level pressure of total sound (LPT), level range (ΔL), and frequency differences (Δf) and mechanical properties by Kawabata Evaluation System (KES) were obtained. For subjective evaluation, seven aspects of the sound (softness, loudness, pleasantness, sharpness, clearness, roughness, and highness) and eight of the touch (hardness, smoothness, fineness, coolness, pliability, crispness, heaviness, and thickness) were rated using semantic differential scale. Polyester ultrasuede was evaluated to sound softer and more pleasant while polyester taffeta to sound louder and rougher than any other fabrics. Wool fabrics such as worsted and woolen showed similar sensation for sound but differed in some touch sensation in that woolen was coarsest, heaviest, and thickest in touch. In the prediction model for sound sensation, LPT affected postively subjective roughness and highness as well as loudness, whileΔL was found as a parameter related positively with softness and pleasantness. Touch sensation was explained by some of mechanical properties such as surface, compressional, shear, and bending properties implying that a touch sensation could be expressed by a variety of properties.

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  1. Department of Clothing and Textiles, Yonsei University, 120-749, Seoul, Korea

    Gilsoo Cho, John G. Casali & Eunjou Yi

  2. Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

    John G. Casali

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Cho, G., Casali, J.G. & Yi, E. Effect of fabric sound and touch on human subjective sensation. Fibers Polym 2, 196–202 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02875345

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