Measuring the thermal insulation and evaporative resistance of sleeping bags using a supine sweating fabric manikin

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Wu, Y S ^a   Fan, Jintu ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Evaporative resistance; Moisture permeability index; Sleeping bags; Supine manikin; Thermal insulation; Water vapour permeability

Indexed keywords

HUMIDITY CONTROL; INSULATION; MOISTURE; SLEEP RESEARCH; WIND;

EVAPORATIVE RESISTANCES; MOISTURE PERMEABILITY; SLEEPING BAGS; SUPINE MANIKIN; WATER VAPOUR PERMEABILITY;

THERMAL INSULATION;

EID: 70350690567     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/20/9/095108     Document Type: Article

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