Clothing support and protect us when we are active – doing work, engaging in sport and play. Clothing is an important interface between the human and the environment. It is a dynamic system for providing appropriate thermo-physiological comfort during wear. Comfort is not a property but a condition of mind. The human body mind responds with various degrees of satisfaction to perpetual changing environment. Comfort that is felt by wearing clothing is a complex subjective perception, and is a decisive criterion for evaluating the quality of the particular clothing in use, which is expressed as the results of a balanced process of heat transfer around the body, clothing, and environment. This contribution provides a survey of the physiological responses of the human body during work activities in an environment condition, which simulates hot and humid field condition. The investigation shows that both the physiological responses of human body, which is expressed as a function of thermo-physiological performance of clothing during wearing, and the perception of the personal thermal state are important criteria for estimating the thermal characteristic of a clothing and is the basis for engineering modelling of clothing system.
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
COBISS.SI-ID: 21616918Measuring system for programmed measurement and evaluation of mechanical properties of liner and flat flexible materials consists of the measurement hardware with built-in measuring unit with the sensor system for testing tensile and/or compression loads and their mechanical deformations. Furthermore, the system has appropriate software for programming and controlling the measurement process, automated data acquisition, evaluation and display of results. It is intended for testing and programmed measuring of various mechanical deformations of linear flexible materials such as threads, yarns, ribbons, and planar flexible sheet-like structures such as woven and knitted fabrics, nonwoven textiles, leather, laminates, and composites. The deformations in these materials are a consequence of tensile forces and/or longitudinal compressive forces, deformations in cyclic loading and relaxation of tension in flexible materials. Hardware design solution with the corresponding software enables automated capture of numerical data of load-deformation measurements, calculation of the average stress-strain curve and numerical evaluation of parameters of viscoelastic properties of flat and linear materials. The system uses two sensors. For lower loads it uses an inductive force transducer while for higher loads a resistive force transducer is used.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 22388246Lectures at the master's degree: Objective evaluation of textiles and clothing. Mechanics of textile structures: Theory of elastic deformations. Viscoelastic behaviour of textile structures. Objective evaluation of fabric hand: Fabric profile. Objective evaluation of mechanical and physical properties of fabrics using FAST system. Evaluation of mechanical and physical properties of fabrics KES-FB system. Objective evaluation of the quality level of garment appearance
B.05 Guest lecturer at an institute/university
COBISS.SI-ID: 22930710An Al-Mn-Cu alloy was microalloyed with beryllium, scandium and zirconium, cast into a copper mould, and aged at different temperatures. It was characterised using X-Ray Diffraction, Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Transmission Electron Microscopy. The compression tests of samples aged at 400?°C for 1?h were performed at room temperature, 300?°C and 350?°C, while the accelerated creep tests were performed at 300?°C and 350?°C. Icosahedral QuasiCrystalline and L12 precipitates prevailed in the as-aged microstructure, while the fraction of decagonal precipitates was low. The precipitates possessed specific orientation relationships with the aluminium matrix. The alloy exhibited enhanced hardness, compressive strength, and creep resistance in comparison to the Al-Mn-Cu alloys.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 22844950The goal of the research presented in this article is to investigate the applicability of the CASP (Curvature, Acceleration, Symmetry, Proportionality) methodology for adapted garments’ pattern design for real cases of adults and teenagers with spine deformity. The current research is the result of a collaborative work of Slovenian and Romanian research teams with common expertise and background. The results obtained by applying CASP methodology on theoretical case studies showed that this methodology could be adequate for assuring the appropriate garment pattern designs for real persons with kyphosis. In this research, the design stages of adapted garments for adults and teenagers with spine deformity were presented by using the CASP evaluation of the back and virtual prototyping of garments. The results of the study confirmed that reconstruction process of the basic shirt/blouse pattern design improved the appearance and fit of the product to the body with spine deformity. Also, this paper brings contributions to garment design technology by 3D scanning and virtual try-on, taking into account the body shapes of the users.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 22752022