Clothing ventilation, vapour resistance and permeability index: changes dus to posture, movement and wind
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Using the trace gas diffusion method, the vapour resistance of three clothing ensembles (two permeable and one impermeable) was determined for four subjects, sitting, standing or walking at 0.3 and 0.9 m/s, combined with three wind speeds of <0.15, 0.7 and 4.1 m/s. Sitting increased vapour resistance by 12-36%, whereas walking and wind decreased the resistance by 72% and 89% when compared to standing with less than 0.15 m/s wind. Movement and wind interacted so that the higher the walking speed, the less additional effect of wind was observed. Values of the permeability index i(m) were calculated. Wind and movement increased i(m) up to a factor three for the permeable and up to a factor six for the impermeable garments. However, using a different definition of i(m) (i'(m)), based on the convective part of the heat transfer coefficient only, resulted in higher i'(m) values (compared to i(m)) which remained constant with wind and movement. It was shown that with increasing wind and movement i(m) will increase and approach the value of i'(m).
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TNO Identifier
6950
Source
Ergonomics, 33(8), pp. 989-1005.
Pages
989-1005
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