Ma ke ʻano o ke ʻano a me ka moʻomeheu pilikino e ulu nui ana, ua lilo ka lōʻihi o nā huahana lole i kumu nui i ka hōʻike ʻana i kā lākou waiwai a me nā ʻano pilikino. A pili pono ka lōʻihi i ka hana lole o ka lole. ʻO ka mākaukau e ʻaʻahu i ka hana o nā lole ʻaʻole wale lākou e pili ana i ko lākou hiki ke pale aku i ka pōʻino mechanical e like me ke kikoo ʻana, ka haehae ʻana, a me ka ʻūhā ʻana, akā pū kekahi me ko lākou kūpaʻa i ka mālama ʻana i ko lākou mau waiwai maoli i ka wā e kū ana i nā kumu kūlohelohe e like me ka wela, ka māmā, a me ka uila. Hoʻoholo pū kēia mau waiwai i ka hōʻoluʻolu a me ka lōʻihi o ka lole i ka wā e ʻaʻahu ai, a laila e pili ana i kona waiwai waiwai a me ka hoʻokūkū mākeke.
ʻO ka mākaukau e komo i ka hana o nā lole e uhi i nā ʻano he nui, e like me ka hiki ke humuhumu, ke kūpaʻa dimensional, a me ka hiki ke ʻoki. Ma waena o lākou, ʻo ka dimensional stability e pili ana i ka hiki o kahi lole ke mālama i kona lōʻihi kumu me ka ʻole o ka pōkole nui a i ʻole ka elongation i ka wā e ʻaʻahu ai, holoi, a me ka waiho ʻana. He mea koʻikoʻi kēia kūpaʻa no ke kūpono a me ka lōʻihi o ka lole. Nui nā kumu e hoʻololi ai i ka nui o ka lole, me ka hoʻonui ʻana a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka hoʻopili ʻana me ka wai, ka lohi elastic shrinkage, thermal shrinkage, a me ka creep elongation, ʻo ia hoʻi ka shrinkage ʻo ia kekahi o nā pilikia e pili ana. ʻAʻole hoʻopōʻino wale ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ke ʻano nani o ka lole, akā hiki ke hōʻemi i kāna hana. No laila, ma mua o kaʻokiʻana i nā lole, pono e noʻonoʻo pono i ka emiʻana o ka lole e hiki ai ke humuhumuʻia i loko o nā lole i kūpono, nani, aʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻololi.
ʻO ka hōʻoluʻolu o nā lole he mea nui o kā lākou hana lole. Hoʻopili kēia i nā ʻano he nui e like me ka paʻi lole, ka hanu, ka mahana, a me ka hōʻoluʻolu ke ʻaʻahu ʻia. ʻO ka noʻonoʻo pono ʻana i ka ʻoluʻolu o ka lole i ka wā o ka ʻoki a me ke kaʻina hana humuhumu he kī nui ia e hōʻoia ai e hāʻawi ka huahana hope i kahi ʻike ʻoluʻolu.
ʻO ka hōʻoluʻolu o nā lole e hoʻopili i nā manaʻo physiological o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka wela a me ka moisture a me ka pili ʻana i ka ʻili, i hoʻokaʻawale hou ʻia i ka hōʻoluʻolu sensory a me ka hōʻoluʻolu physiological. ʻO ka ʻoluʻolu sensory ka mea nui i ka ʻike maka o ka poʻe i ke ʻano o ka lole i loko o nā lole, a me kā lākou ʻike maʻalahi i nā ʻano, nā kala, a me ka palupalu. ʻOkoʻa pinepine kēia mau manaʻo i kēlā me kēia kanaka a ua hoʻoikaika nui ʻia e nā kumu noʻonoʻo. ʻO ka hōʻoluʻolu physiological, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻoi aku ka nānā ʻana i ka hana ʻana o nā lole i nā wahi humid a me ka wela, e pili ana i ka ʻoluʻolu i nā wela kiʻekiʻe a me ka mahanahana i nā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, ʻike ʻia hoʻi he ʻoluʻolu a me ka wela. Loaʻa kēia i nā waiwai e like me ka breathability, ka pale ʻana i ka makani, ka paʻa ʻana o ka wai, ka wai permeability, a me ka wela a me ka wela.
