Features of Mechanical Properties and Fabric Handle of Silk Weaves

Basic mechanical properties such as tensile, bending, shearing, compressional, and surface properties of each classified silk weave were measured by the KES-FB system, and fabric handle was obtained by the objective-evaluation method developed by Kawabata and Niwa. These values were examined and compared with those of typical thin dress fabrics. The discriminant analysis was used to distinguish each silk group clearly by primary hand values. The main features of fabric handle of each classified silk weave are as follows. Silk Habutae has high KOSHI and KISHIMI and low SHARI. Silk Dechine shows high SHINAYAKASA and low HARI. Silk Georgette has good SHINAYAKASA, but poor HARI and FUKURAML. Silk Fujiginu has a slightly high KISHIMI and a slightly low SHARI. High KOSHI and HARI with low SHINAYAKASA are distinctive features of silk Chirimen. Silk Shantung has higher KOSHI and HARI and lower SHINAYAKASA.