This paper describes a method of estimating the color vectors of the body and the interface reflection component of glossy woven fabrics based on the color histogram analysis of a local region. We choose the homogenous colored polyester satin as objective glossy fabrics. We fix woven fabrics on the surface of a side of cylinder and acquire images, which consist of both regions with highlights a...

The catalytic properties of Pd and Pt supported on woven glass fabrics were explored for liquid-phase hydrogenation of benzaldehyde as a model for three-phase catalytic reaction. The catalysts demonstrated high activity and are suitable materials to be used in reactors with structured catalytic bed. The main characteristics of catalytic bed are discussed. ( 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights...

1359-8368/$ see front matter 2012 Elsevier Ltd. A http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2012.06.004 ⇑ Corresponding author. Address: 1 El-Sarayat Str., A Cairo, Egypt. Tel.: +20 18 9369100; fax: +20 2 24152 E-mail address: [email protected] (I. Tah The use of natural fibres in polymer composite applications has gained great attention over the last decade, due to weight, economic and en...

The reflectance of fabric surface is commonly represented by a 4D bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF). To generate the BRDF from measured data by a gonioreflectometer with 2 degrees of freedom of the light source and 2 degrees of freedom of the observing direction, it requires an enormous amount of measurements. In this paper, we propose an efficient image-based method for re...

BACKGROUND Clothing is largely presumed as being the mechanism by which house dust mites are distributed among locations in homes, yet little research to date has investigated the capacity with which various clothing fabric types serve as vectors for their accumulation and dispersal. Although previous research has indicated that car seats provide a habitat for mite populations, dynamics involve...

Continuous fibre reinforced composites are now firmly established engineering materials for the manufacture of components in the automotive and aerospace industries. In this respect, composite fabrics provide flexibility in the design manufacture. The ability to define the ply shapes and material orientation has allowed engineers to optimize the composite properties of the parts. The formulatio...