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Melliand International, vol.10, no.3, pp.204-206, 2004 (Scopus)
Certain physical properties of five different types of circular knitted fabrics used for active sportswear were analyzed. These fabrics have different knitting structures and material blend ratios. Air permeability, abrasion resistance, and bursting strength tests were applied to these fabric samples and the impact of these tests on the usage characteristics were investigated. All tests were made on fabric swatches and measurements were repeated for 10 different locations of the fabric samples and the average of these values was taken. It was observed that interlock pique knitted fabrics have higher air permeability values in comparison to the fleece knitted fabrics and double face jersey fabrics. It was suggested that this kind of knitting structure is suitable especially for active sportswear in hot seasons. Further, it was noted that bursting resistance was influenced by the percentage of synthetic fibers in the blend, rather than the knitting structure. Finally, abrasion test results of fabric swatches, suggested better values for plated single jersey and interlock pique knitted fabrics in comparison to raised fleece knitted fabric structures.