Critical heat stress evaluation of clothing ensembles with different levels of porosity

Ergonomics

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1048-1058

  Bernard, T ^a   Ashley, C ^b   Trentacosta, J ^c   Kapur, V ^c   Tew, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^d BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clothing; Convection; Diffusion; Evaporative resistance; Heat stress; WBGT

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; ASSESSMENT MEASURES; CONVECTION DIFFUSION; CONVECTIVE TRANSFER; DIFFUSION OF WATER; DOMINANT MECHANISM; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; HEAT STRESS; SARATOGA; SIMILAR PATTERN; SURFACE AREA; WATER VAPOUR; WET-BULB;

DIFFUSION; EVAPORATION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; HAMMERS; HEAT RESISTANCE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; THERMAL STRESS;

COOLING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; POROSITY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; STANDARD; THERMODYNAMICS;

ADULT; CONVECTION; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; POROSITY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954847419     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2010.494736     Document Type: Article

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