... comfort qualities of these fabrics. Following the experimental phase, the Box–Behnken design statistics tool was used to analyze the data. Design/methodology/approach In this study, woven fabrics with a specifically designed structure using polyester and cotton yarns were created, and their thermal...

...Yun Su; Hui Wang; Guangju Liu; Yunyi Wang; Jianlin Liu; Miao Tian Purpose The paper aims to reveal the relationship among energy efficiency, thermal comfort and thermal regulation of electrically heated footwear and to investigate influencing factors on the energy efficiency and thermal comfort...

... system, we design a method to improve the thermal comfort by optimizing the garment pattern digitally. Then, this paper utilized two heat transfer validating indexes to quantify the improvement of thermal comfort, and evaluate the modified model of dress. Findings The microclimate under the clothing...

...Gizem Karakan Günaydın; Erhan Kenan Çeven; Nejla Çeven Purpose The paper aims to provide an investigation about the effect of weft yarn type on thermal comfort and air permeability properties of Lyocell blended drapery fabrics. Design/methodology/approach The paper evaluates the effect of weft...

... clothes for thermal comfort in wet state. Most researchers used water or sodium chloride (NaCl) to measure wet state thermal comfort. However, human perspiration is an extremely complex mixture of aqueous chemicals, including minerals, salts, lipids, urea and lactic acid. This study compares the effects...

.... Traditional firefighter protective suits are bulky and heavy garments with reduced thermal comfort properties since the fabric thickness and moisture barrier layers prevent heat transfer of the garment and cause additional heat stress. The aim of this study is to reduce heat stress by creating a new fabric...

... > hand > knee. Both single-zone and double-zone heating can improve the OTS, but double-zone heating can reach thermal neutrality and thermal comfort. In order to prevent the high temperature of heating patches from damaging human body, the local skin temperature should be monitored in the design...

... that accompanies changes in temperature and humidity near the skin, as well as the psychological components of discomfort associated with changes in temperature and humidity. These results provide insights into the microclimate and thermal comfort of clothing. Mayumi Uemae can be contacted at: uemaem...

... The study results showed that the properties of the utilised materials influenced thermal comfort performance. These results could be useful for designing and engineering hip protective garments. Existing pads and materials intended for hip protective pad that was used in this study could be seen...

...Sadaf Aftab Abbasi; Arzu Marmaralı; Gözde Ertekin Purpose This paper investigates the thermal comfort properties of quilted (jersey cord) fabrics produced with different width of diamond pattern, different filling yarn linear density and different types of material. Design/methodology/approach...

... © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Energy absorption Thermal comfort Segmented pad Protective pad Polyurethane viscoelastic closed-cell foam of 0.006 m thickness was selected as experimental protective pad material...

... uncovered) on the other wrist. The participants could not see the patches. Participants were forced to choose which patch they perceived as more comfortable. Chest and arm skin temperature, thermal comfort, thermal sensation and wetness perception were assessed. Findings Participants preferred 5 mm...

...Krittiya Ongwuttiwat; Sudaporn Sudprasert; Thananchai Leephakpreeda Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the determination of human thermal comfort with wearing clothes, with different water vapor permeability. Currently, the predicted mean vote (PMV) equation is widely used...

... Lee is the corresponding author and can be can be contacted at: leex3140@snu.ac.kr 11 03 2017 01 07 2017 02 07 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Thermal comfort Body heating Cold protective clothing...

... Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Thermal insulation Thermal comfort Evaporative resistance Non-uniform skin Sweating fabric manikin Thermal insulation (I_{t) and evaporative resistance (Re) of clothing}...

... Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Thermal insulation Protective clothing Thermal comfort Clothing protecting against cold Goose down Cold environment means a joint presence of humidity, wind and temperature below –5°C (EN 342, 2004...

...@p.lodz.pl 06 09 2016 28 12 2016 10 01 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Thermal comfort Thermal resistance Woven fabrics Seersucker fabrics Surface topography Thermal absorptivity Quality of clothing...

... is a key original factor of this paper. Anna Katarzyna Dabrowska can be contacted at: andab@ciop.lodz.pl 02 01 2016 11 05 2016 27 05 2016 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Thermal comfort Thermal...

...Govindan Karthikeyan; Govind Nalankilli; O L Shanmugasundaram; Chidambaram Prakash Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the thermal comfort properties of single jersey knitted fabric structures made from bamboo, tencel and bamboo-tencel blended yarns. Design/methodology/approach...

... evaluated with correlation analysis. Findings – Comfort is a major concept in the determination of overall life quality as well as sleep quality of a resting person. Therefore academic studies about thermal comfort prediction of sleep environment and bed surface fabrics are of great importance...