Interactions of the surface heat and moisture transfer from the human body under varying climatic conditions and walking speeds

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 685-693

  Qian, Xiaoming ^a,b   Fan, Jintu ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Moisture vapor resistance and nude sweating fabric manikin; Surface thermal insulation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MOISTURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMAL INSULATION; THERMOANALYSIS;

MOISTURE VAPOR RESISTANCE AND NUDE SWEATING FABRIC MANIKIN; NON-ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; SURFACE THERMAL INSULATION;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAT TRANSFER; ISOTHERM; MOISTURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SWEATING; THERMODYNAMICS; WALKING SPEED; WIND;

EID: 33745901946     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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