The effect of added fullness and ventilation holes in T-shirt design on thermal comfort

Ergonomics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 403-410

  Ho, Chupo ^a   Fan, Jintu ^a   Newton, Edward ^a   Au, Raymond ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cutting; Design; T shirt; Thermal comfort; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; AIR VELOCITIES; CLOTHING COMFORT; CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE; DIFFERENT SIZES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HEAT AND MOISTURE TRANSFER; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN BODIES; MOISTURE TRANSMISSION; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SMALL APERTURE; T-SHIRT; T-SHIRTS; WINDY CONDITIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DESIGN; ERGONOMICS; HOSIERY MANUFACTURE; HUMIDITY CONTROL; MOISTURE; THERMAL COMFORT; VENTILATION;

THERMAL INSULATION;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLOTHING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; SWEATING; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CLOTHING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MANIKINS; MATERIALS TESTING; SWEATING; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 79956344181     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2011.556260     Document Type: Article

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