Open AccessMeasurement of local evaporative resistance of a typical clothing ensemble using a sweating thermal manikin
Author(s) -
Nomoto Akihisa,
Takahashi Yoshito,
Yoda Shu,
Ogata Masayuki,
Tanabe Shinichi,
Ito Shun,
Aono Yuki,
Yamamoto Yoshihide,
Mizutani Kunio
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
japan architectural review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2475-8876
DOI - 10.1002/2475-8876.12124
Subject(s) - thermal manikin , clothing , thermal comfort , resistance (ecology) , environmental science , evaporative cooler , thermal resistance , thermal , thermal insulation , materials science , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , biology , meteorology , ecology , geography , nanotechnology , archaeology , layer (electronics)
To accurately simulate human physiology and thermal comfort, certain human physiological and comfort models categorize the human body into multiple parts. Most of these body parts are normally clothed, which must be quantified in the simulation. However, existing databases of clothing evaporative resistance only characterize the evaporative resistance of the whole body and not those of individual body parts. This implies that each body part has the same level of clothing evaporative resistance. In this research, we measure the local clothing insulation and evaporative resistance. Here, we present the local thermal characteristic values as well as the values for the whole body.