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Annals of Occupational Hygiene Advance Access published online on July 20, 2006
Annals of Occupational Hygiene, doi:10.1093/annhyg/mel050
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© The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Occupational Hygiene Society
Received June 2, 2005
Accepted May 30, 2006

Article

Prediction of Clothing Thermal Insulation and Moisture Vapour Resistance of the Clothed Body Walking in Wind

Xiaoming Qian 1 and Jintu Fan 2 *

1 Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong; School of Textiles, The Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin, China
2 Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Jintu Fan, E-mail: tcfanjt{at}inet.polyu.edu.hk


  Abstract

Clothing thermal insulation and moisture vapour resistance are the two most important parameters in thermal environmental engineering, functional clothing design and end use of clothing ensembles. In this study, clothing thermal insulation and moisture vapour resistance of various types of clothing ensembles were measured using the walking-able sweating manikin, Walter, under various environmental conditions and walking speeds. Based on an extensive experimental investigation and an improved understanding of the effects of body activities and environmental conditions, a simple but effective direct regression model has been established, for predicting the clothing thermal insulation and moisture vapour resistance under wind and walking motion, from those when the manikin was standing in still air. The model has been validated by using experimental data reported in the previous literature. It has shown that the new models have advantages and provide very accurate prediction.


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