The Study of Fabric Performance for Car Seats
This paper deals with the investigation of the performance of car seat fabrics in terms of physiological comfort of sitting, specifi cally their water vapour resistance and air permeability. The current work presents an alternative approach to increasing the effectiveness of car seat fabrics through...
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| author | Antonin Havelka Viera Glombikova Petra Komarkova Michal Chotebor |
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| description | This paper deals with the investigation of the performance of car seat fabrics in terms of physiological comfort of sitting, specifi cally their water vapour resistance and air permeability. The current work presents an alternative approach to increasing the effectiveness of car seat fabrics through a combination of newly designed middle layer with forced convection achieved by a supplementary suction ventilation device. The supplementary device was designed to measure water vapour permeability by means of the sweating guarded hot plate (SGHP) system. It consists of two parts: a frame to grip a tested sample for measurements within the SGHP system and two suction ventilators which are arranged at one end of the mentioned frame in order to provide suction into the tested fabric plane during the SGHP test. The results of this investigation show that water vapour transport is increased by approximately 20% compared to the standard way of measurement by means of SGHP because of forced air flow in the plane of ribbed – channelled structure of the car seat middle layer. The findings of this study have a number of important implications for future practice. The combination of a car seat cover with channelled structure and forced air fl ow improves physiological comfort of sitting which is a key issue for both drivers and manufacturers. The suggested device for forced air flow convection in the plane of a car seat fabric has not yet been part of an actual car seat, however it is possible to use its principles in a smart car seat prototype. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-01e443051edc4c7e8c75461bd6456cff2023-02-02T08:49:07ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Tekstilec0351-33862350-36962017-09-0160323524210.14502/Tekstilec2017.60.235-242The Study of Fabric Performance for Car SeatsAntonin Havelka0Viera Glombikova1Petra Komarkova2Michal Chotebor3Technical University of Liberec, Faculty of Textile Engineering, Department of Clothing Technology, 461 17 Liberec 1, Studentska 1402/2, Czech RepublicTechnical University of Liberec, Faculty of Textile Engineering, Department of Clothing Technology, 461 17 Liberec 1, Studentska 1402/2, Czech RepublicTechnical University of Liberec, Faculty of Textile Engineering, Department of Clothing Technology, 461 17 Liberec 1, Studentska 1402/2, Czech RepublicTechnical University of Liberec, Faculty of Textile Engineering, Department of Clothing Technology, 461 17 Liberec 1, Studentska 1402/2, Czech RepublicThis paper deals with the investigation of the performance of car seat fabrics in terms of physiological comfort of sitting, specifi cally their water vapour resistance and air permeability. The current work presents an alternative approach to increasing the effectiveness of car seat fabrics through a combination of newly designed middle layer with forced convection achieved by a supplementary suction ventilation device. The supplementary device was designed to measure water vapour permeability by means of the sweating guarded hot plate (SGHP) system. It consists of two parts: a frame to grip a tested sample for measurements within the SGHP system and two suction ventilators which are arranged at one end of the mentioned frame in order to provide suction into the tested fabric plane during the SGHP test. The results of this investigation show that water vapour transport is increased by approximately 20% compared to the standard way of measurement by means of SGHP because of forced air flow in the plane of ribbed – channelled structure of the car seat middle layer. The findings of this study have a number of important implications for future practice. The combination of a car seat cover with channelled structure and forced air fl ow improves physiological comfort of sitting which is a key issue for both drivers and manufacturers. The suggested device for forced air flow convection in the plane of a car seat fabric has not yet been part of an actual car seat, however it is possible to use its principles in a smart car seat prototype.http://www.tekstilec.si/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/235-242.pdfphysiological comfortair suctionchannelled fabric structure |
| spellingShingle | Antonin Havelka Viera Glombikova Petra Komarkova Michal Chotebor The Study of Fabric Performance for Car Seats Tekstilec physiological comfort air suction channelled fabric structure |
| title | The Study of Fabric Performance for Car Seats |
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| title_short | The Study of Fabric Performance for Car Seats |
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| topic | physiological comfort air suction channelled fabric structure |
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