Virtual Therm - Improving the virtualization at all

The 3D garment simulations, together with the rapidly developing technology, have become a part of textile design and marketing from personal to professional designs. While most of the software focuses on visual design, some large software companies try to develop their programs to accurately simulate fabric behavior as well as visual modeling. However, until now thermal comfort modeling, which is one of the most important pieces of clothing comfort, has not been used yet. The literature studies show that the simulations made by describing the mechanical and physical properties of the fabric provide virtual realism in a great rate. Our project includes the design of a measuring instrument that will provide user friendly measurement in estimating the thermal comfort. Improving the measuring instrument for any 3D virtual garment software can add good values to the virtualization at all. The better virtual simulations act, the better sustainable productions are.

Now, the virtual garment simulations give only mechanical behaviours of garment and it is not sufficient. To step forward, some improvements need to be done at once. Comsuption is the biggest problem in the world. and we must take its control our hand by pre-designing the products and eliminating the obstacles. the easiest way for that is in virtualization. Everyhing is possible in virtual life. just we need to make relation with the real-life features. and the point is measuring them and put them in virtualization to add meanings to results. In textile design, not only virtual look is important but also clothing comfort should be considered. The thermal comfort is missing part to improve the virtualization at all. Fast results for optimum needs can help the world turn around in stressless and wasteless way. Producing a software is not the only solution. We need to measure the real things and give meanings to them by numbers. 

Firstly, our target is the departments related to ready-made textile productions: production, design, marketing etc. Producing the right product for minimizing the sampling process and also textile wastes. Investigation on the garment performance under different conditions  (under mechanical or thermal stress) can help to produce new functional products in an easy way and also facilitate the workers and researchers in this fields

The mechanical and physical properties of the fabric are of great importance in reflecting the garment behavior of the programs. Software manufacturers have begun to develop their own measuring devices due to the cost of special measurement systems (KESF, FAST etc.) which test the mechanical properties of the fabric. In order to perform thermal comfort modeling, thermal properties of the fabric, such as mechanical and physical properties, must be defined. Thermal resistance is the most important parameter representing the thermal character of the fabric. Thermal resistance can be measured with hot plate systems, Alambeta and thermal mannequins. However, these systems are expensive and require specialization for their use. Our project includes the design of a thermal resistance measuring device which includes a fast and user-friendly forearm test protocol. The applicability and validity of the instrument were compared with the measurements of the laboratory measurements.

It has been determined that there is a significant relationship between the data obtained by the measurement of the fabric heat transfer by converting it to electrical values by the forearm test and the thermal resistance measurement results measured by the Alambeta tester. Our prototype study carried out the targeted main objective. However, a standard measurement protocol should be developed by developing the device. It is planned that the results of the measurement device will be supported by integration with virtual clothing simulation, thermal camera analysis and subjective clothing experiments.

There is no thermal comfort analyses in current virtual garment simulations. but it should be! because virtual look and physical&mechanical behaviours of garments are not sufficient for realistic results. We think that the thermal comfort is the most important part of realistic results. and also virtualization is needed not only for ready-made textile production. It has a huge potential. In automotive, aviation, furniture etc. in anywhere related to thermal contact and thermal comfort needs. Artificial intelligence is now the key figure in every part of life. Combination of thermal virtualization and physical&mechanical virtualization by using Artificial intelligence can blow the world to upper level and also reduce energy, wasting, timing etc. for better future.

While most of the software focuses on visual design, some large software companies try to develop their programs to accurately simulate fabric behavior as well as visual modeling and the simulations made by describing the mechanical and physical properties of the fabric provide virtual realism in a great. We can get some results related to physical&mechanical properties of fabric: Fabric strecth, fabric tension, garment pressure, distance etc. we can derive some more results from these existing results. the instrument can be used to measure the thermal behaivours of fabric under different strecths (already taken from current softwares). The prototype works simple but can be improved under technological cooperations. It measures the fabric heat transfer by converting it to electrical values by the forearm test. It is very practically, user-friendly.

I have completed my Phd about virtual garment simulations and thermal comfort. I am capable with thermal imaging and thermal comfort experiments. I got some convincing results about the relation between fabric strecth and thermal behaviours.All they are numerical and acceptable. Numbers can give live to virtualization. We may name this characteristic in different.

We need to improve the instrument and working principles. It has a potential for future. We need to work in a multi disipliner work place. Anyone can give advices, ideas, criticism etc. 

The biggest problem is that we have less capable in software production. Yes we know the engineering parts of this study but we should work with an extented work place. We should contact with producer of this kind of softwares.  

This kinds of platforms are open areas for us. Sharing our thoughts and knowledge may draw attentions. We are the engineering part of this study and waiting for the missing parts now.

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I have completed my Phd about this study. I found the light shining on it. but we need some more people seeing these signs. We are sure that we are ok for first step. Knowledge can grow by adding new ideas and thoughts. We are open for the further steps.

It has a huge potential. not only for textile design. it can be improved for more and more application fields. but yes first step is for textile design. 

There is already a gorgeous marketing place for it. There are some many softwares presenting only virtual looks. You can think that it is a upgrading kit for softwares. 

Solve is a big open area for us. We need to find partners interested in this field. so we are pleased to be a part of this platform.

Software producers. Innovative partners.

We aim to solve a problem and we will do it in anyway. The prize is helping us to complete our mission faster. The world is ours. sometimes prizes have no meaning.