Title page for ETD etd-02132009-172703
|Type of Document
||Herbert, Sara L.
||Measurement of fabric drape using a modified drapemeter
||Master of Science
||Clothing and Textiles
|Moore, Carolyn L.
|Cloud, Rinn M.
|Lentner, Marvin M.
|Reinholtz, Charles F.
|Date of Defense
The original goal of this research was to produce a user friendly program that could
simulate fabric drape on a manikin through computer graphics. This graphics program
operates with a data base of fabric properties in order to create draped fabric shapes for a
variety of fabrics as they would form a garment on the human body (Dhande, Rao,
Tavakkoli, and Moore, 1993).
A modification of the Fabric Research Laboratories (FRL) Drapemeter was developed
with interchangeable pedestals and platform disks in order to investigate the effects of drape
overhang length and different platform shapes and radii of edges on the node counts and drape
values of two medium weight woven apparel fabrics and to provide a means for collecting
data needed for the graphics program. Specimens were cut from two medium weight fabrics
into circles with 10, 14, and 18 inch diameters and ovals with lOX 11 and 18 X 19 inch
diameters. Statistical analysis indicated that the modified drapemeter measures fabric drape as
accurately as the FRL drapemeter; therefore, the modified drapemeter was found to be
reliable for measuring drape. ANOVA factorial analysis revealed that pedestal height can be
altered without concern for precision in drape measurement. Drape coefficients were found to
be significantly affected by fabric drape overhang length. Statistical analysis also indicated a
significant relationship between platform shapes and drape coefficients. Drape coefficients for
platform edge radii were found to be significantly different but without a linear relationship.
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