ISBN-13: 978 1 85573 925 3
April 2006
408 pages 234 x 156mm hardback
Y Li and A S W Wong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong
Kong
Woodhead Textiles Series No. 51
- describes the process of Clothing biosensory engineering in
detail
- quantifies the decision making processes applied to
optimally convert resources to meet various sensory
requirements
- includes theoretical and experimental observations
and examples of actual product development
Human sensory perception of clothing involves a series of complex interactive
processes, including physical responses to external stimuli, neurophysiological
processes for decoding stimuli through the biosensory and nervous systems inside
the body, neural responses to psychological sensations, and psychological
processes for formulating preferences and making adaptive feedback reactions.
Clothing biosensory engineering is a systematic and integrative
way of translating consumers’ biological and sensory responses, and
psychological feelings and preferences about clothing, into the perceptual
elements of design. It is a link between scientific experimentation and
commercial application to develop economic solutions to practical technical
problems.
Clothing biosensory engineering quantifies the
decision-making processes through which physics, mathematics, neurophysiological
and engineering techniques are applied to optimally convert resources to meet
various sensory requirements – visual/thermal/mechanical. It includes
theoretical and experimental observations, computer simulations, test methods,
illustrations and examples of actual product development.