Biomechanical Engineering of Textiles and Clothing enables wearers to achieve the highest level of comfort, fit and interaction from their clothing as they are designed with the mechanics of the body in mind.

Features:

• Enables products to be developed that are specifically designed for the mechanics of their end purpose (e.g. sports bra) as well as the everyday movement of the body
• Describes the techniques of biomechanical engineering principles, methods, computer simulation, measurements and applications
• Addresses issues of designing and producing textiles and clothing for optimum interaction and contact with the body
• Covers the fundamental theories, principles and models behind design and engineering for the human body's biomechanics, contact problems arising between textiles/clothing and the body

Contents

Introduction

• History of Clothing Biomechanical Engineering Design
• Biomechanical Engineering Design for Fashion Products
• Fundamental Frameworks in Clothing Biomechanical Engineering
• Clothing Biomechanical Engineering Design System: An Example

Theoretical Background

• Fiber Morphology
• Mechanical Behaviors
• Modeling of Fiber Mechanical Properties

Yarn Mechanics

• Yarn Modeling
• Theoretical Modeling of Single Yarn

Fabric Mechanics

• Woven Fabrics
• Knitted Fabric

Clothing Mechanics

• Characteristics of Clothing Deformation
• Clothing Modeling

Human Body

• Definitions and Anatomical Landmark
• Skeletal System
• Muscular-Skeletal System
• Overview of Other Systems
• Anthropometry
• Range of Motion
• The Human Skin and Temperature Regulation

Mechanics of Human Skin and Underlying Soft Tissues

• Mechanical Characteristics of Human Skin Models of Mechanical Properties for Soft Tissues

Contact Mechanics in Garment Wearing

• Contact Problem Involved in Garments
• Contact Mechanics
• Contact Detection
• Contact Response

Clothing Comfort and Compression Therapy

• Clothing Comfort
• Compression Therapy

Fibers

• Textile Fibers
• Structure Parameters and Measurement
• Fiber Mechanical Properties

Yarns

• General View on Today's Yarns
• Yarn Structural Properties
• Yarn Mechanics
• Degree of Fibre Interlacing and Abrasion Resistance

Fabrics

• Characteristics and Classification of Fabrics
• Fabric Construction Measurement
• Basic Mechanical Properties and Their Measurements
• Measurement of Mechanical Poperties in Complex Deformation

Human skin

• Biomechanical Testing of Human Skin
• Frictional Properties of Human Skin

Integration of Mechanical Models into Numerical Simulations

• Hierarchical Modeling of Textile Products
• Components of the Mechanical Simulation System
• Numerical Simulation Systems

Database for CBED

• Characteristics of Database for Engineering Design
• Functional Requirement of Database for Clothing Engineering Design
• The Constitution of the Clothing Engineering Design
• Database Design and Realization

Preparing for the Mechanical Simulation

• Preparing Geometrical Models
• Definition of Various Conditions

Visualization for Mechanical Analysis

• Understanding the Role of the Visualization Module
• Methods of Visualization
• Post-Processing: An Example

Biomechanical Engineering of Jeans

• Biomechanical Modeling
• Computational Experiments
• Application in Jeans Design

Biomechanical Engineering of Sports Bra

• Design of Sports Bra
• Biomechanical Modeling
• Biomechanical Analysis
• Validation of the Model

Biomechanical Engineering of Compression Stockings

• Biomechanical Simulation
• Analysis and Discussion
• Investigation of the Mechanism of Compression Therapy

Biomechanical Engineering Design of Socks

• Biomechanical Modeling
• Implications in Sock Design

Biomechanical Engineering of Footwear

• Human Foot
• Footwear
• Foot and Footwear Interface
• Biomechanical Model

Biomechanical Engineering of Aerobic Sportswear

• Biomechanical Modeling
• Physical Properties of Aerobic Wear
• Biomechanical Simulation
• Validation of the Model

Index

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