Development and Validation of an Empirical Equation to Predict Wet Fabric Skin Surface Temperature of Thermal Manikins
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Journal of Fiber Bioengineering & Informatics, 3 (2010), pp. 9-15.
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@Article{JFBI-3-9,
author = {Fa-Ming Wang, Kalev Kuklane, Chuan-Si Gao, Ingvar Holmér and George Havenith},
title = {Development and Validation of an Empirical Equation to Predict Wet Fabric Skin Surface Temperature of Thermal Manikins},
journal = {Journal of Fiber Bioengineering and Informatics},
year = {2010},
volume = {3},
number = {1},
pages = {9--15},
abstract = {Thermal manikins are useful tools to study clothing comfort and environmental ergonomics. The simulation of sweating
can be achieved by putting a highly wicking stretchable knit fabric “skin” on top of the manikin. However, the addition
of such a fabric skin makes it difficult to accurately measure the skin surface temperature. Moreover, it takes considerable
amount of time to measure the fabric skin surface temperature at each test. At present the attachment of temperature
sensors to the wet fabric skin is still a challenge. The distance of the sensors to the fabric skin could significantly
influence the temperature and relative humidity values of the wet skin surface. Hence, we conducted an intensive skin
study on a dry thermal manikin to investigate the relationships among the nude manikin surface temperature, heat
losses and the fabric skin surface temperature. An empirical equation was developed and validated on the thermal
manikin ‘Tore’ at Lund University. The empirical equation at an ambient temperature 34.0 °C is T_{sk} =34.00-0.0103HL.
This equation can be used to enhance the prediction accuracy of wet fabric skin surface temperature and the calculation
of clothing evaporative resistance.},
issn = {2617-8699},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.3993/jfbi06201002},
url = {http://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jfbi/4938.html}
}
TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and Validation of an Empirical Equation to Predict Wet Fabric Skin Surface Temperature of Thermal Manikins
AU - Fa-Ming Wang, Kalev Kuklane, Chuan-Si Gao, Ingvar Holmér & George Havenith
JO - Journal of Fiber Bioengineering and Informatics
VL - 1
SP - 9
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PY - 2010
DA - 2010/03
SN - 3
DO - http://doi.org/10.3993/jfbi06201002
UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jfbi/4938.html
KW - Fabric skin
KW - thermal manikin
KW - skin surface temperature
KW - isothermal
KW - empirical equation
KW - clothing ensemble
AB - Thermal manikins are useful tools to study clothing comfort and environmental ergonomics. The simulation of sweating
can be achieved by putting a highly wicking stretchable knit fabric “skin” on top of the manikin. However, the addition
of such a fabric skin makes it difficult to accurately measure the skin surface temperature. Moreover, it takes considerable
amount of time to measure the fabric skin surface temperature at each test. At present the attachment of temperature
sensors to the wet fabric skin is still a challenge. The distance of the sensors to the fabric skin could significantly
influence the temperature and relative humidity values of the wet skin surface. Hence, we conducted an intensive skin
study on a dry thermal manikin to investigate the relationships among the nude manikin surface temperature, heat
losses and the fabric skin surface temperature. An empirical equation was developed and validated on the thermal
manikin ‘Tore’ at Lund University. The empirical equation at an ambient temperature 34.0 °C is T_{sk} =34.00-0.0103HL.
This equation can be used to enhance the prediction accuracy of wet fabric skin surface temperature and the calculation
of clothing evaporative resistance.
Fa-Ming Wang, Kalev Kuklane, Chuan-Si Gao, Ingvar Holmér and George Havenith. (2010). Development and Validation of an Empirical Equation to Predict Wet Fabric Skin Surface Temperature of Thermal Manikins.
Journal of Fiber Bioengineering and Informatics. 3 (1).
9-15.
doi:10.3993/jfbi06201002
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