Modeling thermophysiological comfort properties of ladies’ scarves using least squares approximation

A scarf is a social requirement in feminine clothing, and contributes to a sober appearance. It offers many thermophysiological comfort features. The aim in this work is to develop a mathematical model to predict air and water vapor permeability, thermal resistance, moisture management permeability, and pilling resistance in scarves, as a function of warp count, weft count ends per inch, picks per inch, and fabric weight in grams per square meter. Linear and quadratic mathematical models were fitted using the least squares approximation technique. Error analysis of both models showed that quadratic models behave better for air and water vapor permeability, thermal resistance, and moisture management. However, for pilling resistance, the linear model is found to be better.