Analysis of Standard Methods for Investigating the Water Repellency of Textiles
The article considers the issue of controversial use of terms for estimation of water resistance of textiles in the existing normative base and substantiates the use of the term "water permeability". The analysis of standard research methods of water resistance of textiles under the action of hydrostatic pressure is carried out. The disadvantages of studying water permeability of textile materials by a device with an open test cell have been noted. The acceptability of using standard methods of water resistance research and means of their realization for composite textile materials of different structures is assessed.