Cross-Cultural Comparison of Sound Sensation and Its Prediction Models for Korean Traditional Silk Fabrics

• Published in: Fibers and polymers Vol. 6; no. 3; pp. 269 - 276
• Main Author: Yi, Eun-Jou
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 한국섬유공학회 30.09.2005
• Subjects: Cross-cultural comparison; Mechanical property; Prediction model; Sound parameter; Sound sensation; Traditional silk fabrics; Sound sensation; Cross-cultural comparison; Mechanical property; Traditional silk fabrics; Prediction model; Sound parameter
• ISSN: 1229-9197; 1875-0052

In this study, cross-cultural comparison of sound sensation for Korean traditional silk fabrics between Korea and America was performed and prediction models for sound sensation by objective measurements including sound parameters such as level pressure of total sound (LPT), Zwicker's psychoacoustic characteristics, and mechanical properties by Kawabata Evaluation System were established for each nation to explore the objective parameters explaining sound sensation of the Korean traditional silk. As results, Koreans felt the silk fabric sounds soft and smooth while Americans were revealed as perceiving them hard and rough. Both Koreans and Americans were pleasant with sounds of Gongdan and Newttong and especially Newttong was preferred more by Americans in terms of sound sensation. In prediction models, some of subjective sensation were found as being related mainly with mechanical properties of traditional silk fabrics such as surface and compressional characteristics.