Non-destructive evaluation of functional fabrics

摘要

The present invention provides a method for determining the functionality remaining in a functional fabric, the method comprising the steps of: providing a used functional fabric having a known original functionality, a current wear, and a current unknown functionality, providing a light source, providing a detector, optically measuring the current wear using the light source and the detector, and evaluating the current unknown functionality using a correlation that expresses the current unknown functionality as a function of the current wear, optionally the detector further comprises a digital camera, and wherein the method further comprises the step of: obtaining a magnified image of the functional fabric and quantifying the fractal dimension using a box-method fractal analysis on the image. The method may be applied the insecticide treated fabrics.

主权项

1. A method for determining functionality remaining in a functional fabric, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) providing a used functional fabric having a known original functionality, a current wear, and a current unknown functionality, wherein functionality is insect repellency, insect mortality, insect knockdown or antimicrobial activity, (b) providing a light source, (c) providing a detector, (d) optically measuring the current wear using the light source and the detector, and (e) evaluating the current unknown functionality using a correlation that expresses the current unknown functionality versus the current wear.