Dynamic Pressure Comfort of Three Garment Sleeve Structures

摘要

To evaluate whether or not different sleeve designs may affect the dynamic pressure comfort of working clothing, three sleeve structures, set-in sleeve, kimono sleeve and raglan sleeve, were developed. All three garments were constructed using the same sewing construction and the same fabric, only the design of the sleeves at the shoulder area were different. Eight male university students undertook arm's movements in three planes of motion while wearing these garments. The clothing pressure at nine different locations and subjective pressure sensation at shoulder blade during exercise were recorded. And the clothing area factor(fci) of the three garments were also measured by using photographic method. The experimental results were analyzed using one-way ANOVA, regression analysis of variance. From the analysis, general trends were that the set-in sleeve exhibited the greatest pressure discomfort and the kimono sleeve exhibited the least. There was only moderate linear relationship between the pressure sensation and the logarithm of clothing pressure. It was also shown that the clothing area factor(fcl) was related to the clothing pressure.