Assessment of clothing effects in thermal comfort standards: A Review

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 455-462

  Huang, Jianhua ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Clothing; Thermal comfort; Thermal environment; Thermal property

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TESTING; HEALTH; STANDARDS; TESTING; THERMAL COMFORT; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; ASTM STANDARDS; ISO STANDARDS; THERMAL INSULATION;

ASTM INTERNATIONAL (CO); INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS (ISO); MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; TEST CONDITIONS; TEST PROTOCOLS; TEST RESULTS;

THERMAL INSULATION; THERMAL COMFORT;

CLOTHING; DO-NOT-CALL; EVAPORATIVE RESISTANCES; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MEASUREMENTS OF; TEST CONDITION; TEST PROTOCOLS; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; THERMAL MANIKIN;

EID: 47149114387     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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