Manikin measurements versus wear trials of cold protective clothing (Subzero project)

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 619-621

  Meinander, Harriet ^a   Anttonen, Hannu ^b   Bartels, Volkmar ^c   Holmér, Ingvar ^d   Reinertsen, Randi E ^e   Soltynski, Krzysztof ^f   Varieras, Sabine ^g  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c Hohenstein Institutes   (Germany)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e SINTEF   (Norway)

^f Ctrl Inst for Labour Protection   (Poland)

^g Institut Textile de France   (France)

Author keywords

Cold protection; Manikins; Modeling; Protective clothing; Wear trials

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COLD; EUROPE; LABORATORY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SWEAT;

COLD; HUMANS; MANIKINS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SWEAT;

EID: 6344223448     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-004-1139-9     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Bartels VT, Umbach KH (1999) Assessment of the physiological wear comfort of garments via a thermal manikin. In: Nilsson H, Holmér I (eds) Proceedings of the third international meeting on thermal manikin testing. National Institute for Working Life, Stockholm, Sweden, pp 35-38
2. ENV 342 (1998) Protective clothing-ensembles for protection against cold. CEN European Committee for Standardisation, Brussels, p 1-5
3. ISO/CD-11079 (2001) Evaluation of cold environments-determination of required insulation (IREQ). International Standards Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland
4. Meinander H (1997) Experience with a sweating thermal manikin-Ready for standard use? In: Nilsson H, Holmér I (eds) Proceedings of a European seminar on thermal manikin testing. National Institute for Working Life, Stockholm, Sweden, pp 38-42
5. Meinander H, Anttonen H, Bartels V, Holmér I, Reinertsen RE, Soltynski K, Varieras S (2003) Thermal insulation measurements of cold protective clothing using thermal manikins, report 4. Institute of Fibre Materials Science, Tampere University of Technology, p 61
6. Nilsson HO, Anttonen H, Holmér I (2000) New algorithms for prediction of wind effects on cold protective clothing. In: Kuklane K, Holmér I (eds) Ergonomics of protective clothing. Proceedings of NOKOBETEF 6. National Institute for Working Life, Stockholm, Sweden, pp 17-20