... were: (1) to examine the basic material properties of multi-layered bacterial cellulosic materials (MBC), which include green tea-based cellulosic (GBC) mats, hemp fabrics, and denim fabrics, in comparison with those of two-layered leathers (MCP) consisting of calf-skin and pig-skin – commonly used...

...Milda Juciene; Virginijus Vytautas Urbelis; Žaneta Juchneviciene; Virginija Saceviciene; Vaida Dobilaite Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the influence made by complex finishing of denim fabrics, i.e. laser treatment and industrial washing, on the change in tension properties...

...Mouna Gazzah; Boubaker Jaouachi; Laurence Schacher; Dominique Charles Adolphe; Faouzi Sakli Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to predict the appearance of denim fabric after repetitive uses judging the denim cloth behavior and performance in viewpoint of bagging ability. Hence, it attempts...

...Ezzatollah Haghighat; Saeed Shaikhzadeh Najar; Seyed Mohammad Etrati; Mostafa Shamsi Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to theoretically compute and predict the needle penetration force (NPF) in woven denim fabrics with twill 3/1 weave pattern on the basis of geometrical, physical...

...Ezzatollah Haghighat; Seyed Mohammad Etrati; Saeed Shaikhzadeh Najar; Mostafa Shamsi Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to theoretically calculate and predict the needle penetration force (NPF) in woven denim fabrics with twill 3/1 weave pattern, based on the geometrical, physical...

...Ezzatollah Haghighat; Seyed Mohammad Etrati; Saeed Shaikhzadeh Najar Purpose – This paper aims to predict the needle penetration force (NPF) in denim fabrics using the artificial neural network (ANN) and multiple linear regression (MLR) models based on the effects of various sewing parameters...