Classification of the body shape of the middle-age women using 3D data

Explore the existing anthropometric classifications of women's figures from the point of view of the clothes’ design for industrial production. To reveal the methodological significance of anthropometric classifications of consumer figures in the development of structural construction and content of clothing collections of industrial production. For the purpose of structuring consumer typology as the basis for designing industrial production clothing were used following methods: analytical-typological, comparative-typological, comparative-historical and comparative methods. In the article are analyzed the existing anthropometric typologies of female figures in the context of generally accepted sewing industry classifications, as well as modern trends in the creation of harmonic images with using visual illusions. Also in the article are determined the basic types of women’s body forms, which are the most frequently meet. Accordingly, it is advisable to take into account these types of figures in the design of women's clothing of industrial manufacture. The scientific novelty consists in systematizing modern typologies of the body shape of women for the design of clothing with their subsequent use in the process of designing an industrial collection of modern women's clothing. The systematized information is given about the classification of the modern typology of female figures for the design of assortment collections of promising women's clothing. The presented researches reveal ways of development and active use of methods of visual illusions for the development of women's clothing of industrial production.

Download Full-text

Classification of body shape characteristics of women's torsos using angles

International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology ◽

10.1108/09556221011048312 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 22 (4) ◽

pp. 297-311 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Wookyung Lee ◽

Haruki Imaoka

Keyword(s):

Body Shape ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

The Body ◽

Data Set ◽

Content Type ◽

Body Sizes ◽

Body Shapes ◽

Three Body ◽

Shape Characteristics

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to classify body shapes using angular defects instead of sizes.Design/methodology/approachA large amount of dimensional data from a national anthropometry survey was analysed, and a basic pattern and its polyhedron were also used to create a three‐dimensional body shape from three body sizes. Using this method, the sizes were converted into nine angular defects.FindingsThe authors could define the factors explaining body shape characteristics and classify the body shapes into four groups. The four groups could be characterised by two pattern making difficulties of the upper and lower parts of the body as well as by two proportions, of waist girth to bust girth and bust girth to back length. Furthermore, depending on the age, the authors could understand body shape by the angle made.Originality/valueUsing a polyhedron model, the angles could be calculated using an enormous existing data set of sizes. An angular defect serves as an index to indicate the degree of difficulty for developing a flat pattern. If an angular defect of the bust is large, it is difficult to make a paper pattern of a bust dart. On the other hand, if an angular defect of the waist is large, it is easy to make a paper pattern of a waist dart. Thus, each body shape could be simultaneously characterized by two difficulty indices and two proportions of sizes.

Download Full-text

Self-reported distortion of body image among classical ballet students in Brazil: classification according to the Body Shape Questionnaire

Fisioterapia Brasil ◽

10.33233/fb.v19i6.2558 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (6) ◽

pp. 821 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Fernando Eduardo Zikan

Keyword(s):

Body Image ◽

Body Shape ◽

The Body ◽

Professional Performance ◽

Low Weight ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Body Image Disorders ◽

Ballet Students ◽

Classical Ballet

Body image is an important component of the complex mechanism of personal identity. The subjective component of body image refers to individuals’ satisfaction with their body size or specific parts of their body. Ballet has been cited in some studies on feeding behavior among athletes as yet another specific group, who value low weight and overvalue esthetics. The present study aimed to evaluate the potential body image disorders among classical ballet students in Brazilian schools through identifying self-reported body image distortion, using the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) as the instrument. This study is fundamental for the formation of all corporal work that physiotherapists do together with dancers, students or professionals. This was a descriptive study conducted in three schools that are officially recognized as training centers for professional dancers in Brazil. The results indicate homogeneity among the BSQ values attained by the students at the participating schools. Differing from the literature, there was no significant difference between the genders in terms of scoring and distribution of classification of the BSQ levels. We conclude that dissatisfaction with body image is a constant variable and important when dealing with ballet students, and that this importance goes beyond just the esthetic values and towards professional performance. Body image distortions can alter the way in which dance students codify their body, which may facilitate disorders in their physical and mental health.Key-words: classical ballet, body image, musculoskeletal system.

Download Full-text

Study on Classification of Body Shape and Size Grading on Young Women of Quanzhou District

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.989-994.5319 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 989-994 ◽

pp. 5319-5322

Author(s):

Can Yi Huang

Keyword(s):

Young Women ◽

Body Shape ◽

The Body ◽

Upper Body ◽

Body Measurement ◽

Lower Body ◽

Classification Analysis ◽

Spss Software ◽

Size Grading

Body measurement was carried out on 500 young women, who come from Quanzhou district, and we also utilized SPSS software to carry on statistic analysis to the samples, 13 measuring body variables were chosen and 11derived variables were calculated. Then classification analysis was used to classify the body shape .Then this paper subdivided the upper body of young woman’s body shape into 4 kinds, the lower body into 4 kinds also .Finally, values of intermediate of every type and stepping number values of every measurement are calculated through regression analysis.So the database of classification of body shape and data of young woman was obtained.

Download Full-text

Updating long-held assumptions about fat stigma: For women, body shape plays a critical role

10.31234/osf.io/b6t7a ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Jaimie Krems ◽

Steven L. Neuberg

Keyword(s):

Body Shape ◽

Critical Role ◽

The Body ◽

Theoretical Assumption ◽

Obesity Stigma ◽

Obese Female ◽

Three Samples ◽

Female Bodies ◽

Different Parts ◽

Fat Stigma

Heavier bodies—particularly female bodies—are stigmatized. Such fat stigma is pervasive, painful to experience, and may even facilitate weight gain, thereby perpetuating the obesity-stigma cycle. Leveraging research on functionally distinct forms of fat (deposited on different parts of the body), we propose that body shape plays an important but largely underappreciated role in fat stigma, above and beyond fat amount. Across three samples varying in participant ethnicity (White and Black Americans) and nation (U.S., India), patterns of fat stigma reveal that, as hypothesized, participants differently stigmatized equally-overweight or -obese female targets as a function of target shape, sometimes even more strongly stigmatizing targets with less rather than more body mass. Such findings suggest value in updating our understanding of fat stigma to include body shape and in querying a predominating, but often implicit, theoretical assumption that people simply view all fat as bad (and more fat as worse).

Download Full-text

Three new species, two new genera, and new family Biphragmosagittidae (Сhaetognatha) from Southwest Pacific Ocean

Zoosystematica Rossica ◽

10.31610/zsr/2011.20.1.161 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 161-173

Author(s):

A.P. Kassatkina

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Type Species ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

The Body ◽

New Order ◽

New Genera ◽

New Family ◽

The Family ◽

Three New Species

Resuming published and own data, a revision of classification of Chaetognatha is presented. The family Sagittidae Claus & Grobben, 1905 is given a rank of subclass, Sagittiones, characterised, in particular, by the presence of two pairs of sac-like gelatinous structures or two pairs of fins. Besides the order Aphragmophora Tokioka, 1965, it contains the new order Biphragmosagittiformes ord. nov., which is a unique group of Chaetognatha with an unusual combination of morphological characters: the transverse muscles present in both the trunk and the tail sections of the body; the seminal vesicles simple, without internal complex compartments; the presence of two pairs of lateral fins. The only family assigned to the new order, Biphragmosagittidae fam. nov., contains two genera. Diagnoses of the two new genera, Biphragmosagitta gen. nov. (type species B. tarasovi sp. nov. and B. angusticephala sp. nov.) and Biphragmofastigata gen. nov. (type species B. fastigata sp. nov.), detailed descriptions and pictures of the three new species are presented.

Download Full-text

Chaos in body–vortex interactions

Proceedings of The Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences ◽

10.1098/rspa.2009.0619 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 466 (2119) ◽

pp. 1871-1891 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Johan Roenby ◽

Hassan Aref

Keyword(s):

Body Shape ◽

Mass Density ◽

Relative Equilibrium ◽

Large Body ◽

Point Vortex ◽

Cylindrical Body ◽

The Body ◽

Body Motion ◽

Single Vortex ◽

Vortex Interactions

The model of body–vortex interactions, where the fluid flow is planar, ideal and unbounded, and the vortex is a point vortex, is studied. The body may have a constant circulation around it. The governing equations for the general case of a freely moving body of arbitrary shape and mass density and an arbitrary number of point vortices are presented. The case of a body and a single vortex is then investigated numerically in detail. In this paper, the body is a homogeneous, elliptical cylinder. For large body–vortex separations, the system behaves much like a vortex pair regardless of body shape. The case of a circle is integrable. As the body is made slightly elliptic, a chaotic region grows from an unstable relative equilibrium of the circle-vortex case. The case of a cylindrical body of any shape moving in fluid otherwise at rest is also integrable. A second transition to chaos arises from the limit between rocking and tumbling motion of the body known in this case. In both instances, the chaos may be detected both in the body motion and in the vortex motion. The effect of increasing body mass at a fixed body shape is to damp the chaos.

Download Full-text

Sea stars generate downforce to stay attached to surfaces

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-021-83961-z ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Mark Hermes ◽

Mitul Luhar

Keyword(s):

Body Shape ◽

Control Volume ◽

Water Channel ◽

Morphological Plasticity ◽

The Body ◽

Sea Star ◽

Sea Stars ◽

Hydrodynamic Loads ◽

Spherical Dome ◽

Star Models

AbstractIntertidal sea stars often function in environments with extreme hydrodynamic loads that can compromise their ability to remain attached to surfaces. While behavioral responses such as burrowing into sand or sheltering in rock crevices can help minimize hydrodynamic loads, previous work shows that sea stars also alter body shape in response to flow conditions. This morphological plasticity suggests that sea star body shape may play an important hydrodynamic role. In this study, we measured the fluid forces acting on surface-mounted sea star and spherical dome models in water channel tests. All sea star models created downforce, i.e., the fluid pushed the body towards the surface. In contrast, the spherical dome generated lift. We also used Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) to measure the midplane flow field around the models. Control volume analyses based on the PIV data show that downforce arises because the sea star bodies serve as ramps that divert fluid away from the surface. These observations are further rationalized using force predictions and flow visualizations from numerical simulations. The discovery of downforce generation could explain why sea stars are shaped as they are: the pentaradial geometry aids attachment to surfaces in the presence of high hydrodynamic loads.

Download Full-text