The strain-dependent vertical and horizontal wicking of as-prepared cotton/lycra elastic woven fabric was systematically studied. The experimental results revealed that the fabric exhibited a strain strengthening effect. A higher tensile strain results in a higher equilibrium wicking height, and vice versa . Moreover, the results indicated that the proposed Laughlin–Davies model is capable of tracking well the experimental data and replicating the wicking characteristics of fabric under different levels of stretch. In addition, the wetting time and wicking area of fabric under different strains and height regimes were examined during horizontal wicking. It was found that the wetting time decreased with an increase of strain and/or water drop height. The strain-enhanced and height-weakened effects of wicking area were revealed. The spreading mechanism of water drop in elastic fabric was also proposed. Such fundamental work provides a basic support for the in-depth investigation of wicking behavior of complex stretchable textile structures.

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棉/莱卡弹性运动织物的应变依赖性芯吸行为

系统地研究了所制备的棉/莱卡弹性织物的应变依赖的垂直和水平芯吸。实验结果表明该织物表现出应变增强作用。较高的拉伸应变会导致较高的平衡芯吸高度，反之亦然。此外，结果表明，提出的Laughlin-Davies模型能够很好地跟踪实验数据，并能够在不同拉伸水平下复制织物的芯吸特性。另外，在水平芯吸期间检查了在不同应变和高度方案下织物的润湿时间和芯吸面积。发现润湿时间随着应变和/或水滴高度的增加而减少。揭示了芯吸区域的应变增强和高度减弱的效果。还提出了弹性织物中水滴的扩散机理。这些基础工作为深入研究复杂的可拉伸纺织结构的芯吸行为提供了基础支持。