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Clothing Air Gap Layers and Thermal Protective Performance in Single Layer Garment
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In this article, a three-dimensional body scanning technique is used to measure the air gap layer distribution between different-sized protective garments and the body of a manikin used to evaluate garment thermal properties.Abstract:
A three-dimensional body scanning technique is used to measure the air gap layer distribution between different-sized protective garments and the body of a manikin used to evaluate garment thermal ...read more
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Quantitative evaluation of air gap thickness and contact area between body and garment
TL;DR: The thermal, evaporative and wicking properties of clothing depend not only on the properties of the fabric but also on the thickness of air layers and the magnitude of the contact area and their v...
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Numerical simulations of heat and moisture transport in thermal protective clothing under flash fire conditions.
TL;DR: A numerical model of heat and moisture transport in thermal protective clothing during exposure to a flash fire was introduced, developed with the assumption that textiles are treated as porous media.
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Heat and mass transfer through thermal protective clothing – A review
TL;DR: A brief review of the research and development in the field of thermal protection clothing is presented and it primarily focusses the studies dealing with the heat and mass transfer aspects in thermal protective clothing as discussed by the authors.
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Analyzing stored thermal energy and thermal protective performance of clothing
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of moisture on thermal protection performance and the influence of air gaps between the fabrics and the sensor in terms of a stored energy approach and TPP/RPP (thermal protective performance/radiant protective performance) approach were analyzed under different conditions.
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Investigation of the Contribution of Garment Design to Thermal Protection. Part 1: Characterizing Air Gaps using Three-dimensional Body Scanning for Women’s Protective Clothing
Tannie Mah,Guowen Song +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the relative degree of thermal protection provided to women when wearing garments designed for women compared to garments designed specifically for men was investigated, using a three-dimensional body scanner to measure the size and distribution of these air gaps.
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Modeling the Thermal Protective Performance of Heat Resistant Garments in Flash Fire Exposures
Guowen Song,Roger L. Barker,Hechmi Hamouda,Andrey V. Kuznetsov,Patirop Chitrphiromsri,R. Grimes +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a numerical model was developed to predict skin burn injury resulting from heat transfer through a protective garment worn by an instrumented manikin exposed to laboratory-controlled flash fire exposures.
Analysis of the Thermal Response of Protective Fabrics
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a theoretical and empirical relationship to define the fabric-skin system's response when exposed to a JP-4 fuel fire, such as optical, thermo-chemical and physical characteristics.
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Two New Techniques for Determining the Thermal Radiative Properties of Thin Fabrics
B. Cain,B. Farnworth +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, two new techniques for determining the emissivity, reflectivity and transmissivity of fabrics in the infra-red region of the spectrum are described and experimental results reported.