AN EVALUATION OF NEW FIBER BLENDS IN ARMY SUMMER UNIFORM FABRICS

摘要

This report presents the results of a detailed laboratory and field study on nine tropical-type blended fabrics which were developed for this test through close cooperation between fiber producers and fabric manufacturers. The development of each fabric was based on the fabric manufacturer's previous experience with that particular blend on the civilian market, and only those blends which had achieved a marked consumer preference were considered.nAlthough there was not a one-to-one relationship, insofar as appearance and comfort were concerned, between the results of laboratory tests and criteria used in the field, an overall agreement was found to exist between the evaluations based on the sum of all the laboratory tests and the rankings obtained from the field tests.