Investigating the Relationship between Knitted Fabric Porosity and Light Permeability

Table 10

Experimental values, model values, and percentage error for the porosity of white and black mask for % porosity and lux (FKM samples).

Structures	Stitch cam values	Percentage lux (%)	Expt. porosity (white mask) (%)	Expt. porosity (black mask) (%)	Model porosity (white mask) (%)	Model porosity (black mask) (%)	% error (white mask)	% error (black mask)
Plain	19	19.5	55.8	52.1	54.4	51.4	−2.5	−1.34
	20	20	56.9	52.2	54.7	51.5	−3.87	−1.34
Rib 1 × 1	19	18.4	54.9	55	51.8	52.9	−5.65	−3.81
	20	19.1	56	55.8	52	53.2	−7.14	−4.66
Rib 2 × 1	18	19.9	53	52.7	52.2	54.2	−1.51	2.85
	19	20.8	53.8	54.7	52.7	55	−2.04	0.55
Single jersey	21	38.3	57.6	57.2	56.8	53.5	−1.39	−6.47
	22	40	59.9	58.8	58	54.1	−3.17	−7.99