Prediction of clothing thermal insulation and moisture vapour resistance of the clothed body walking in wind

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 833-842

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

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clothing physical characteristics; Moisture vapour resistance; Prediction model; Thermal insulation; Walking able sweating manikin

Indexed keywords

CLOTHING PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MOISTURE VAPOUR RESISTANCE; PREDICTION MODEL; WALKING ABLE SWEATING MANIKIN;

FABRICS; MOISTURE; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; WIND;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ACCURACY; AIR; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT; MOISTURE; PHANTOM; PHYSICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDING; SWEATING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VAPOR; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; WIND;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MANIKINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SWEATING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WALKING; WIND;

CLOTH; MOISTURE; THERMAL INSULATION; WIND;

EID: 33845248243     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mel050     Document Type: Article

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