Development and validity of a universal empirical equation to predict skin surface temperature on thermal manikins

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 197-203

  Wang, Faming ^a   Kuklane, Kalev ^a   Gao, Chuansi ^a   Holmér, Ingvar ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clothing ensemble; Empirical equation; Heat loss; Skin temperature; Thermal manikin

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVAPORATION; HEAT LOSS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NULL HYPOTHESIS; PREDICTION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; THERMAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY;

EID: 77952891321     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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