Development of a low cost portable pressure measurement system using for garment design

Pressure comfort is an important part of garment comfort evaluation, in this paper, a low cost portable pressure measurement system (PPMS) are developed for measuring pressure distribution on garment. Three sets of different size knitted garments are fabricated for investigating the pressure distribution on a mannequin and on young female volunteers. Experimental results show curvature radius of points on the mannequin are smaller, pressures are larger which is consistent with the pressure calculation equation. Pressure distribution state on human body is different from that on mannequin due to size and shape difference even if the same garments were utilized. Dynamic pressure measurement on human body shows the pressure variations on points of human body. However, the static and dynamic pressure data can be utilized for improving quality of garments and helping design of garments. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.