TY - JOUR
T1 - Analysis of Clothing Air Gap in a Protective Suit According to the Body Postures
JO - Journal of Fiber Bioengineering and Informatics
VL - 4
SP - 573
EP - 581
PY - 2014
DA - 2014/07
SN - 7
DO - http://doi.org/10.3993/jfbi12201410
UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jfbi/4811.html
KW - Body Posture
KW - 3D Body Scanning
KW - Protective Suit
KW - Air Gaps Layer
KW - Air Gaps Volume
AB - In dangerous working environments such as a Chemical, Biological and Radiological (CBR) exercise, a
protective suit plays an important role to increase work efficiency as well as prevent fatal damages. Air
gaps entrapped in protective suit play an especially important role in heat transfer. The distribution
and size of air gaps depends on body motions. The study developed 8 representative body motions
(stretching, walking, crawling, crouching, twisting, climbing and reaching, moving weights and lateral
bending) of CBR exercises of which 2 ∼ 4 static body postures per each motion were derived. 3D body
scan was conducted on one male participant for the postures listed. Scanning was performed on both
nude and dressed bodies to measure the distribution and size of air gaps between human body and
clothing. As a result, curves and volume of the air gaps varied with the different postures. The results
serve as the basic data to improve protective performance of current protective suit.