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    HI - 85- 09

    No 4

    A

    New

    Simpl er Method

    f or Esti mati ng

    the

    Thermal

    I nsul at i on of

    a

    Cl ot hi ng Ensembl e

    B.w

    esen,

    Ph

    .

    ASHRAE

    Member

    ABSTRACT

    The most common

    method

    for estimating

    the

    basic

    thermal i nsulati on

    ( I

    )

    of a clothing ensemble

    i s

    the

    use of

    tables

    wth basi c

    thermal i nsulation

    values

    for

    i ndividual garments (I l

    .

    Sprague

    and Munson

    (1974)

    f ound

    the

    f ol l owng relati onship

    between

    the

    thermal i nsul ation

    of an

    ensemble

    and the

    summation of val ues for

    the

    i ndividual

    garments

    (EI

    El i

    :

    I cl = k Z

    l i

    +

    k, ,

    where k

    was

    a constant l ess

    than one, and both

    k and k2 were dependcent

    on

    sex

    (l ema~e

    or male

    cl othi ngs) .

    Thi s

    equati on has si nce been

    simpl i fi ed i n

    ASHRAE Standard

    55-81

    f or

    thermal

    envi ronment

    :

    I

    C1

    =

    0

    .82

    Zcl i '

    Thi s

    paper presents an

    even

    simpl er' method

    I nstead

    of

    descri bi ng

    the thermal i nsulation

    of a si ng e garment

    by means

    of the

    basi c

    thermal i nsulation ( I

    ) , i t i s proposed

    to use

    the

    effecti ve

    thermal i nsul ation

    (I cl u)

    .

    The

    resul t

    of

    the

    preseni

    study

    i s

    then the

    f ol l owng

    rel ationship

    I cl

    =

    EI cl u'

    The basi c

    thermal i nsulation of

    a

    clothi ng ensemble

    i s

    simply

    estimated

    as the sum

    of the

    ef f ecti ve i nsul ation

    f or t he si ng e

    garments

    (EI cl u)

    .

    Another i mportant

    advantage

    of

    using

    the

    proposed

    method

    i s

    that

    when expressi ng the

    i nsulation of

    a

    single garment

    by the

    ef f ecti ve i nsul ation

    i t i s

    not

    necedssary

    to

    performthe

    di ffi cul t measurement of

    the

    i ncreased

    clothing

    area factor,

    f l

    .

    The proposed

    rel ationship i s based on

    measurements

    of

    70 clothing

    ensembl es i n

    the

    rangec0 .7-2 . 6 cl o

    .

    INTRODUCTION

    The thermal

    i nsul ation

    of

    the clothingworn

    by people i s an essenti al

    parameter when

    predi cti ng

    the

    i nfl uence

    of

    the thermal envi ronment

    on

    human

    bei ngs

    .

    I n col d, neutral , and

    warmenvi ron-

    ments,

    the type of clothing

    worn wl l

    i nfl uence

    the heat exchange

    between the human body

    and the environment

    .

    Thi s, i n turn,

    i nf l uences the acceptabi l i ty

    and stress

    of

    that environment

    .

    I n warm

    envi ronments, cl othi ng

    i s often used to

    provide

    protection

    agai nst the physical

    environment

    (dust,

    sparks, radi ti on) and

    may,

    i n some cases,

    i ncrease str ess and

    reduce

    working

    ti me

    .

    However, cl othi ng

    may al so be used as protection

    against

    heat and

    i ncrease

    the

    working

    time I n a neutral

    thermal envi ronment,

    clothing has

    a

    signi fi cant

    i nf l uence

    on

    the preferred

    ambient

    temperature For

    exampl e, a chang8

    i n thermal i nsu ati on

    of ' u 0 . 2

    cl o wl l

    change

    the

    preferred

    ambi ent

    temperature

    by x.1 . 5 C for a

    seated

    person

    I n

    col d

    envi ronments cl othi ng

    i s, i n most cases,

    the onl y method for making

    the working

    condi ti ons

    tol erable

    The thermal

    i nsulation of the

    clothing ensembles must

    be estimated when

    evaluating

    moderate

    thermal

    envi ronments

    accordi ng

    to ASHRAE

    55-81

    or I SO 7730

    (1984)

    (PMV-PPD

    i ndex),

    when Vvaluating

    hot envi ronments according

    to I SODS 7933 (1983)

    (Requ red

    Sweat

    Rate I ndex)

    or ET (Gagge

    et a1 .1972), and

    when evaluating cold

    environments according

    to the method

    (I REQ Required

    Cothing I nsu ati on)

    suggested by

    Holmer

    (1984)

    .

    For thi s purpose, i t

    i s

    necessary

    to provi de the user

    of these or si ml ar

    procedures

    wth

    methods f or

    the estimation

    of

    the thermal

    i nsulation

    Barne

    WOesen, Ph

    .D., Laboratory

    of

    Heati ng and A r Condi ti oning,

    Technical Uni versi ty

    of

    Denmark

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    The

    thermal i nsulation

    of , a

    cl othi ng ensembl e i s normal l y

    measured on a thermal

    .

    m

    n ki n

    (Seppanen et al

    .

    1972

    ;

    McCull ough

    et al

    .

    1983b

    ;

    Oesen et al

    . 1982) .

    very

    f ew

    thermal

    m

    ni ki ns

    are, however , avai l able

    (Mecheel s and Umbach

    1976

    ;

    Gol dman

    1974

    ;

    Seppanen et al

    .

    1972

    ;

    Oesen

    et al

    .

    1982),

    and the measurements have to be

    performed i n

    a

    l aboratory.

    For

    practi cal

    use, therefore simpl i fi ed methods that

    can be

    used i n

    the

    f i el d ar e necessary

    .

    The most wdel y used methods uti l i ze l ook-up

    tables

    of cl othi ng i nsulation

    values

    .

    One ki nd

    of table i ncl udes thermal i nsulati on

    values

    f or clothi ng ensembles

    measured on a standi ng

    thermal m

    ni ki n

    .

    Another

    type

    of table i ncl udes

    values

    for

    the

    thermal

    i nsulation of i ndi vi -

    dual garments al so measured on a standi ng thermal mannequin

    Based

    on the

    summation of

    values

    for

    i ndividual garments

    ( Icl i ) ,

    i t

    i s

    then

    possible

    to

    esti mate

    the

    thermal

    i nsulation

    of

    a

    whole

    ensemble

    (I cl ) .

    The

    f ol l owng summation equations

    have

    been suggested i n l i terature

    Icl -

    0. 727

    EIcl i

    +

    0.113

    cl o

    (men)

    Sprague

    and

    Munson 1974 (1)

    Icl

    -

    0.770

    EIcl i

    +

    0

    .05

    cl o

    (women)

    Sprague and

    Munson

    1974 (2)

    Icl =

    0

    .82

    Ei cl i

    ASHRAE 1981

    (3)

    The

    data for

    the above

    equati ons

    are

    frommeasurements

    on

    dai l y wear ensembles wth a thermal

    i nsul ati on i n the

    range

    0 . 2 to

    1

    . 0

    clo-value

    The

    purpose of

    thi s

    study

    was to veri fy

    that these methods

    al so can be used f or typi cal

    work cl othi ng and f or ensembles

    wth

    thermal i nsulation

    values up to 2. 6 cl o

    .

    A l the measurements

    presented i n thi s

    paper

    were performed on

    a standi ng thermal

    m

    ni ki n

    which has been descri bed i n detai l s by

    Oesen et al

    . (1982) .

    I n the

    fol l owng

    paragraphs,

    the

    measuri ng

    method

    and

    experimental

    faci l i ti es are described

    .

    Expressi ons

    for

    the Thermal Insulati on of Cothing

    The thermal

    insulati on of

    a clothing ensemble

    or

    a si ng e

    garment i s expressed i n thi s

    paper by the cl o 2uni t

    i ntroduced by

    Gagge et al

    . (1941) .

    The cl o

    i s

    defi ned

    i n SI

    uni t

    as

    1

    cl o =

    0.155 m

    K/W

    The insulation of cl othi ng ensembl es has

    been

    expressed

    i n

    di fferent ways

    i n

    the

    l i terature

    The cl othing

    insulation reported by Gol dman

    (1974), Breckenri dge

    and Gol dman (1977), Mecheels

    and Umbach (1976

    ;

    1979),

    and

    Holmer

    and

    El nas

    (1981)

    were

    expressed by the

    total

    i nsu ati on,

    I T

    .

    The resu ts reported by Nshi et al

    .

    (1975

    ;

    1976)

    were

    given as effecti ve

    cl othi ng

    i nsu ati on,

    Total

    insul ation (I

    ) i s the

    i nsulati on fromthe ski n surface to

    the envi ronment,

    i ncl udi ng

    the

    effect of the

    i ncreased surface

    area

    (fcl )

    and the resistance at

    the

    surf ace of the

    clothed

    body ( I a ) .

    t

    -

    t

    _ _ s o

    (4)

    I T 0.155 Q

    where

    IT =

    total i nsul ati on,

    cl o

    Q = dry heat l oss per m2 skin area,

    W

    2 d

    m

    i s

    =

    mean skin temperature,

    oC

    to =operati ve temperature,

    oC

    Effecti ve

    cl othi ng

    insulation

    (I

    i s

    the

    i nsulati on

    f rom

    the ski n to the clothing

    surf ace, excluding the ef fect of the

    i ncreased surf ace area of the cl othed body

    (fcl ) .

    I 1

    , whi l e

    Seppanen et

    al

    .

    (1972) and Sprague and

    Munson

    (1974) i n thei r

    comprehensi ve

    col o~hing

    studi es used the basi c cl othi ng

    i nsu ati on,

    I

    1 ~ .

    Recent

    publ i cati ons by

    McCullough

    et al

    .

    (1982

    ;

    1983)

    and

    McCull ough and Won

    (1983)

    usecboth total and basi c

    insulation

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    t - t

    s

    n

    (5)

    I cl e - I T

    -

    I a

    0 .155

    Q - I a

    where

    Icle

    =

    ef f ecti ve cl othi ng i nsu ati on,

    cl o

    I = resistance

    at

    .

    the

    surface of

    the

    cl othed body, cl o

    a

    Intrinsi c or basic

    cl othi ng insulation

    (I cl )

    i s

    the

    i nsul ati on from

    the

    ski n to the

    cl othi ng surf ace

    :

    t -

    t

    .

    s o

    (6)

    I cl - I T -

    Ia/fcl

    0.155

    Q

    -

    I a/f c1

    where

    I cl = i ntr i nsi c or

    basi c cl othi ng i nsu ati on,

    cl o -

    f cl =cl othi ng area

    factor

    .

    Cothing area

    factor

    (fcl )

    i s

    defi ned as

    :

    f cl =

    Acl /Arl

    (7)

    where

    Acl =

    surf ace area of the cl othed

    body

    A

    =

    n

    surf ace

    area

    of

    the nude body

    The fol l owng

    equati on provides

    the

    rel ationship between

    I cl ' Icle

    and I T

    :

    I cl =

    I cl e

    +

    I a(1

    -

    1/f cl )

    =I T -

    Ia/fcl

    (8)

    I n the

    l i terature

    (Fanger

    1982

    ;

    ASHRAE

    1981) the

    fol l owng relati onship

    between

    I cl

    and

    fcl

    has been

    suggested

    f cl

    =

    1

    +

    0

    . 2

    I cl

    (9)

    Wen introducing

    thi s i n

    Equation

    8

    and

    assumng

    I a

    = 0. 8

    cl o,

    the

    fol l owng relati onship

    i s found

    1

    +

    0 . 2 1c1-

    0 .16

    Icle -

    I cl

    + 0. 2 I cl

    (10)

    Thi s means that I

    7 ~

    always

    i s smal l er than I

    ,

    because the expressi on

    between

    parentheses

    i s l ess than one

    .

    cFor I cl values

    i n

    the

    rangec6 . 5 to 2. 0 cl o,

    Equation 10,

    may be

    approximated

    by

    I cl e

    =

    0.87

    I cl

    Under the above

    assumption

    I cl e

    i s

    then

    about

    13 l ower than

    I cl

    .

    The rel ationship

    i s i mportant when compari ng

    data from

    di fferent

    studi es

    .

    Co-values

    for

    cl othi ng ensembl es

    cannot

    .

    be

    compared

    wthout

    specifying whether

    they

    refer

    to

    the total ,

    the

    ef f ecti ve,

    or the

    basi c cl othi ng i nsulati on

    The

    drawback

    of

    I T i s

    that i t i ncludes

    i n t he

    defi ni ti on

    the

    surf ace

    resistance which i s i nfl uenced

    by the ai r veloci ty and temperature

    l evel

    .

    The same

    cl othi ng

    ensemblemay therefore have a

    di fferent clo-value i n

    di fferent

    envi ronments

    .

    The drawback of I 1 i s that

    i t i gnores

    the

    i ncreased

    surface area

    of

    the

    cl othed

    body and i s

    i nsuffi ci ent

    V

    o

    provide a

    compl ete

    simulati on of the heat

    transfer process

    .

    The

    basic

    i nsu ati on,

    I cl , combi ned wth f cl

    provides the requ red data

    f or

    thermal l y characte-

    ri si ng

    cl othi ng

    I n the

    present study, measurements

    were performed enabl ing

    thermal i nsul ation

    to

    be

    expressed i n total

    (I T

    ),

    effecti ve (I cl ),

    and

    basic

    (I cl ), thermal i nsul ati on The

    same

    expressi ons

    and

    methods were used

    f or

    t e i nsulation of a single garment

    where

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    I

    Ti

    = total thermal

    i nsul ati on of an i ndivi dual

    garment

    I cl u

    -

    effecti ve thermal

    i nsul ation of an i ndiviual

    garment

    I cl i

    =

    basi c thermal

    i nsulati on of an i ndi vi dual

    garment

    MEASUREMENT

    The

    thermal i nsulati on of the

    garments and

    ensembles

    was measured on a

    thermal

    m

    ni ki n,

    which

    was

    developed f roma di spl ay

    m

    ni ki n

    and consi sts

    of a

    fi berglass rei nforced

    pol yester

    shel l

    .

    The

    m

    ni ki n

    has joi nt s i n the

    shou ders,

    hi ps,

    and

    knees

    so i t can stand

    up,

    be

    seated, wal k, or cycle on an

    ergometer .

    The body

    i s

    di vided

    into 16 segments,

    each of which

    i s

    suppl i ed wth

    i ts own heating and control

    system

    To

    simu ate

    a human

    bei ng,

    the

    control

    of the

    m

    ni ki n i s

    arranged

    to maintai n

    a surface

    temperature equal to the

    ski n temperature

    of a person i n thermal

    comort at the actual

    acti vi ty .

    Thi s

    i s

    done

    by heati ng the

    mni ki n

    to a f i xed

    i nternal

    temperature

    of 36.40C and providi ng

    a thermal resi stance

    (electri cal

    + shel l )

    equal to 0

    .348

    cl o between the

    i nside

    and surf ace of

    the

    m

    n ki n

    .

    Thi s

    resistance

    corresponds

    approximately

    to

    the resi stance between

    the

    deep body

    and

    ski n of a human bei ng

    duri ng

    thermal comort

    .

    The tests reported here

    were performed i n a climati c

    chamber (Kj eru f -- J ensen

    et al

    .

    1975)

    i n

    which

    the

    whole

    f l oor

    i s used

    as an ai r

    outl et

    .

    The ai r

    change was

    60 h-1 .

    The

    ai r

    vel oci ty waz

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    The i ncreased

    area

    f actor, (fcl ),

    was measured on approximately

    50 i tems by photographic

    techniques

    .

    For

    the

    other

    garments,

    f 7 ~

    was evaluated by

    means of the measured

    values

    or

    values reported by

    McCullough et al

    .

    T1983a

    1983b)

    .

    The

    relati onship

    between the thermal

    i nsul ation

    of

    a

    garment

    and

    i ts

    weight was

    studi ed.

    Figure

    1

    shows the

    rel ati onship

    between

    I cl u

    and weight

    ;

    and

    i n Table 1, the resu ts

    of a l i near regression

    are

    shown between

    both

    I -wei ght

    and I l -wei ght

    .

    The

    resu ts

    of the

    measured insulation

    values

    of

    cl othi ng

    ensembl es

    arel shown

    i n

    Appendix 2

    .

    The

    thermal i nsu ati on

    of approximately 70 cl othi ng

    ensembl es

    was

    measured

    usi ng

    the method described

    earl i er, but onl y some of

    the

    resu ts

    are shown i n

    Appendix

    2

    .

    Fi rst , the total

    thermal i nsulati on (I T)

    was

    measured

    accordi ng

    to Equati on

    11, and then

    the basi c

    (I cl ) i nsulation

    was

    estimated according to Equation

    6 .

    The increased

    area

    factor

    (fcl )

    was

    measured

    on

    approximately

    20

    ensembles usi ng

    the

    method

    descri bed

    earl i er .

    For

    the other

    ensembl es,

    f was

    evaluated by means of

    themeasured

    values or values

    reported by McCullough et al

    .

    (1983, and McCull ough

    and

    Jones

    (1983a) .

    The rel ationship

    between

    the

    cl othi ng

    area factor

    (fcl )

    and the

    basi c thermal i nsulation

    (I l ) was

    studi ed.

    The data

    f rom the present study

    are

    shown i n

    Figure

    2, and

    the

    regression

    analysis

    i s

    shown

    i n Table

    1 .

    The relati onship

    between

    the basi c

    thermal

    i nsulation of

    a

    cl othing

    ensemble and the total

    weight

    of

    the ensemble

    except shoes i s shown i n Figure

    3,

    and the regressi on

    anal ysi s

    i s

    shown

    i n

    Table

    1 .

    The

    rel ati onship

    between

    basi c

    thermal

    i nsu a-

    t i on I cl

    of

    an

    ensembl e and

    the

    summation of

    the

    i ndividual

    effecti ve insulation

    (EI cl u)

    and

    the summation of

    the

    indi vidual basi c

    i nsul ati on

    values (EI

    are

    shown i n Fi gures

    4

    and

    5,

    respecti vel y

    .

    The resu ts

    of

    a l i near regression between

    1 1

    and

    EIcl u

    or ZIcl

    are

    shown i n Table

    1 .

    Both regression through the

    ori gi n

    (0 .0) and wth

    i ntercept

    are shown

    DSCUSSION

    The most

    i mportant

    resu t of thi s study i s

    the resul t

    of

    a l i near

    regressi on between the

    basi c

    thermal i nsulation of a

    cl othi ng

    ensembl e,

    I l ,

    and

    the summation of the

    ef f ecti ve

    thermal

    i nsul ati on

    for the

    i ndi vi dual

    garments,

    ( E l u)

    .

    FromTable

    1 i t

    can be seen that

    the basi c

    i nsu ati on, I

    : ~,

    of an

    ensemble can be estimated by

    j ust

    adding together

    the effecti ve

    insulation (I l u) of each

    garment .

    Thi s

    i s

    a very

    i mportant

    resu t, because

    by usi ng thi s

    method,

    the

    t

    ermal i nsu ati on of

    garments

    are based on

    the

    effecti ve value (Equati on

    5)

    .

    Thus,

    i t i s not necessary

    to performthe very

    ti me-consumng, and

    i n some

    cases not very

    real i sti c,

    measurement

    of the

    cl othi ng

    area factor ( f

    f or each

    garment

    .

    Wen estimating

    the

    basic thermal i nsulation

    f or a

    single

    garment

    ( Icl i ) ,

    i t

    i s necessary to

    measure the

    cl othi ng area factor

    .

    A shi r t by i t sel f wl l

    hang loose

    on

    a thermal

    ni ani ki n

    and i n many

    cases have

    an

    unreal i sti c

    high f

    El

    -val ue, compared wth

    the i nf l uence that a shi r t

    tucked

    i nto

    a

    pai r

    of trousers

    has on t e f 1-val ue

    for a cl othi ng ensemble

    For

    the

    human

    heat

    bal ance

    equati on, knowedge of i ndi vi dual

    i nsul ation

    values

    for

    each

    garment

    .

    i s not needed

    The

    values

    for a

    garment are

    onl y

    used

    f or

    i ndividual compari son

    of

    di fferent garments

    and

    for

    predicti ng

    the

    thermal

    i nsu ati on

    of a

    whole ensemble I t i s,

    however ,

    possible to

    compare

    thermal

    i nsul ation of garments

    based on

    the

    effecti ve

    i nsu ati on, (I cl u) .

    I n

    practi ce,

    i t

    i s

    al so much

    easi er to

    use a simple

    summation

    of

    i nsul ation

    values

    f or

    i ndi vi dual garments

    (I

    1-

    ZIclu)

    i nstead

    of an equati on where

    i t i s necessary to

    mul ti pl y

    the sum

    of

    the

    i ndividual

    values by

    a constant (Icl = 0

    .82

    EI cl i )'

    Another

    advantage

    i s

    when

    future

    garments have to be marked

    wth a value

    f or

    the

    thermal

    i nsul ation I f the garments

    are marked

    wth

    the

    ef f ecti ve thermal i nsulati on

    val ue,

    I cl

    ,

    then i t wl l

    be

    easy

    for the user

    j ust

    to add the values when

    he/she

    wants to

    estimate Vhe

    thermal i nsulation of

    the whole ensembl e,

    I

    l

    .

    A

    Nordi c

    standard

    commttee

    i s

    nowworking

    on a standard

    for measuring the

    thermal i nsulation of cl othi ng

    garments and ensembles

    .

    The

    aim

    of thi s standard i s al so

    to establ i sh a procedure

    f or describing the thermal

    properti es

    (i nsu ati on,

    evaporati ve

    resi stance,

    ai rt i ghtness) of garments

    and

    how thi s shou d be

    i ndi cated

    on the

    garments

    .

    I n the

    future,

    i t

    wl l then

    be

    possible

    to see the

    garments

    l abel l ed wth

    the

    thermal

    properti es along wth the si ze,

    washing

    i nstr ucti ons,

    and

    type

    of f abr i cs .

    Thi s

    simple

    relati onship

    cou d be

    expected

    when l ooki ng at Equation

    10

    .

    Here i t i s seen

    that

    I c1_e i s

    about 13 l ower than I l

    .

    Wen

    adding

    I cl u

    for

    the single

    garments,

    thi s should

    then

    automati cal l y

    resul t

    i n a 13 Tower sum than

    when addi ng I values

    .

    Wen comparing

    relationships

    I cl =

    0.82 EIcl i

    (ASHRAE

    1981)

    and the present resul t

    I c ?~ =

    EIclu,

    then i t

    seems l i ke

    I

    7~ ~

    values

    are

    about

    180 l ower than Icl i val ues

    .

    Thi s

    i s not i n

    agreement

    wth

    the expectedcN

    fromEquation 10

    .

    I n thi s

    equati on,

    however,

    i t

    was

    assumed that the

    i ncrease

    i n f was

    0

    . 2/cl o,

    whi le

    the

    present

    resul ts i ndi cate a

    relati onship of 0

    .26/cl o,

    which

    can

    explai n the di fference

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    FromFigure 4, i t can be seen that at l ow I

    values

    (

    0. 5

    The present study resul ted i n a

    relati onship f =

    1

    +

    0.26 I (Tabl e 1) based on

    19

    cl othi ng

    ensembles

    i n t he

    range of 0. 7

    to

    2. 4

    cl o

    .

    The

    relationship

    hasla standard deviation of 0.11,

    which i n

    practi ce may

    not

    be

    an acceptable predicti on of

    the cl othi ng

    area

    factor

    .

    A si ml ar

    relati onship has been studi ed by

    McCul l outh and Jones (1983a) and Sprague

    and

    Munson

    (reported

    by

    McCull ough

    and

    Jones 1983a)

    .

    The

    accuracy of predi cti on

    based on thei r resu ts was

    better

    but

    i s

    based

    on

    a

    narrower

    and

    l ower

    range

    of

    values

    .

    A l three studi es

    show

    however, that

    the i ncrease i n fcl per cl o i s greater than the

    0

    . 2/cl o

    or

    0. 1/cl o

    suggested

    by Fanger

    (1982) .

    The regressi ons

    i n Table

    1

    show a 24-36

    i ncrease

    i n

    fcl

    per cl o

    .

    The

    present

    study

    showed

    that I was

    i ndependent

    of the ambi ent

    temperature Thi s may

    be due to the constructi on

    of the cl i mati c

    chamber

    .

    As the whole floor i s used as an ai r

    outl et, there i s a sl ow ai r-f l ow f rom fl oor to cei l i ng

    i n

    the

    same di rection

    as the natural

    convection

    Thi s may resul t i n

    a

    stabl e boundary l ayer

    around

    the body at

    l ow

    ai r

    veloci ti es

    0 .05

    ms),

    which i s

    not

    being changed

    by an

    i ncreased

    At between body and chamber

    .

    I n other

    cl i mati c chambers, the

    temperature di fferencemght influence I

    , so

    i t i s i mportant

    to perform

    thi s

    test

    wth a nude

    m

    n ki n

    before

    runni ng tests wth cl othi ng

    .

    Thi s, of course,

    has

    to be performed onl y once

    .

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    The present data on garment

    and

    ensembl e clo-values

    add

    newi nformati on to the l i terature

    due to the many

    types

    of

    work cl othi ng and the

    higher

    i nsul ati on val ues, which have been

    i ncluded .

    CONCLUSIONS

    A very simpl e

    rel ati on between the

    thermal

    i nsul ati on of a

    clothi ng

    ensembl e (Icl ) and the

    thermal

    i nsul ati on of

    the i ndi vi dual garments

    (Icl u)

    has been establ i shed

    I cl

    -

    Z

    I cl u

    where

    the thermal i nsulation

    of a clothing ensembl e i s

    expressed i n basi c insulati on

    a r i d

    the

    thermal

    i nsulation

    of

    a garment i n

    ef f ecti ve i nsulati on

    Thi s method

    al so

    faci l i tates the

    measurement

    of thermal i nsulati on of

    i ndi vi dual garments,

    I cl u,

    because measurement

    of

    the cl othi ng area f actor, fcl ,

    i s avoided

    Thi s

    rel ation i s

    based on measurement

    wth 70 cl othi ng ensembl es

    i n

    the

    range

    0. 7

    to

    2

    . 6

    cl o

    .

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    APPENDX 2

    Thermal

    i nsulati on

    values

    (basi c

    i nsu ati on, I

    )

    f or

    cl othi ng

    ensembles

    .

    The numbers after eachcl

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    garment

    refer to

    Appendix 1 .

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    bi na-

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    CLOTHNG

    Underpants 23

    434

    Trousers 91, Shi rt 70

    1105 1, 24 0, 75

    0,116

    Socks 254 Shoes

    255

    Underpants 23

    429 Shi r t 70, Trousers 91, J acket

    151

    434 1803

    1,29 087 0135

    Socks254 Shoes 255

    Underpants 23, under shi r t

    31

    435

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    70,

    trousers 91

    429

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    151 31

    1939

    1, 29 0, 98

    0,152

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    254,

    shoes 244

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    23,

    423

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    71, Trousers 92,

    j acket

    152 1708

    1, 36 0, 79

    0,122

    Socks254

    shoes

    255

    Underpants

    23

    425

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    71

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    113

    1633 1,36 0,81 0,126

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    254,

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    255

    Underpants

    23

    426

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    71,

    Trousers

    93

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    1858

    1,30

    0, 87

    0,135

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    254,

    shoes 255

    Underpants

    23

    427

    Shi r t

    70,

    ' Trousers

    91

    4

    Smock

    150

    150

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    1,38

    0, 86

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    254,

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    Underpants 23

    424

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    71,

    trousers 92

    Smock

    154

    1645 1,4U 0,91 0,141

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    254,

    shoes

    255

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    23,

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    31

    420

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    trousers

    91

    Coveral l 112

    2573 1,31

    1, 18

    0,183

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    254,

    shoes 255

    Underpants

    23,

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    31

    428

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    trousers 92

    Coveral l 113

    25~

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    23

    421

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    trousers

    94

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    151, coveral l

    112

    3333

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    shoes

    255

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    20

    422

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    113

    2992

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    254,

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    255

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    23

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    255

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    120

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    255

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    23,

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    31

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    255

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    47,

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    481

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    23,

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    483

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    73

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    1430 1,30 0, 94 0,146

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    shoes

    255

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    43U

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    167

    976

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    shoes

    255

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    44

    4

    Shi rt 73, trousers

    101

    J acket

    167

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    0, 90

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    shoes

    255

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    42,

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    115 1286 1, 18

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    255

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    jacket 225 1363

    1, 27 1, 20

    1,186

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    254

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    255 _

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    402

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    trousers

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    226

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    0,132

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    404

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    405

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    j acket 225

    2490 1, 42 2,41 0,374

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    407 I nsuated

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    221

    2449 1, 22 1, 40 0,217

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    408

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    trousers

    200,

    i nsuatedjacket

    222

    2445

    1, 22 1, 38

    0,214

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    255

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    43

    409

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    trousers 200,

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    222

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    1

    42

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    22

    0,344

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    256,

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    42,

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    43

    410

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    jacket

    221

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    0,336

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    overjacket 183

    Socks 256,

    shoes

    257

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    underpants

    43

    411

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    jacket 225

    2566

    1

    42 2, 16

    0,335

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    183

    Socks 256,

    shoes

    255

    Underpants

    23,

    under shi r t

    31

    436

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    70, trousers 91,

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    151

    2618

    1, 36 1, 53 0,237

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    228,

    i nsuated trousers 203

    Socks

    256,

    shoes 257

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    23,

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    31

    438

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    2326

    1, 30 1, 18

    0,183

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    228

    Socks 256,

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    23, undersh rt 31

    439

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    j acket

    151

    438

    2618 1,35 1,46

    0,226

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    trousers

    203,

    i nsuated jacket 228

    203

    Socks

    256,

    shoes

    255

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    47, underpants 48

    481

    482

    I nsuated trousers

    204,

    i nsuated jacket 229

    204

    1970 1, 32 1, 43

    0,222

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    120

    229

    Socks

    254,

    shoes

    255

    Underpants

    23, undersh rt 31

    441

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    trousers 91

    -435

    2404 1, 36 1, 23 0, 191

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    151, i nsuated

    jacket

    255

    225

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    256,

    shoes

    255

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    23, undersh rt 31

    Shi rt

    70,

    trousers

    91

    441

    442 J acket 151, i nsul ated

    j acket

    225

    2

    2726

    1,35

    1,54 0,239

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    trousers 201

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    256 shoes

    255

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    23,

    undersh rt

    31

    Shi rt

    70

    472 I nsuated jacket 228, i nsuated trousers 203

    3257 1,45 2, 26 0,350

    Overtrousers

    190, overj acket

    198

    Socks 254 shoes 255

    l oves 251 hat

    259

    Underpants

    23,

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    31

    Shi rt 70

    473 I nsuated jacket 228,

    i nsuated trousers 203 3697

    1, 48 2, 30 0,357

    Overtrousers 190, overj acket 188

    Socks 254

    shoes

    255 l oves 251 hat 259

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    188

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    251

    259

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    492

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    188,

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    190 491

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    251, hat

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    190

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    259,

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    255

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    493

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    204,

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    395

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    190,

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    254,

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    255, hat 259,

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    251

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    474

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    228,

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    trousers 203 3697

    1, 49 2, 48 0,384

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    overj acket 198

    Socks 254 shoes 255 l oves

    251 hat

    259

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    23,

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    31

    475

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    91,

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    151

    4405 1 49

    2 15

    0333

    Overtrousers

    190,

    overj acket 189

    Socks 254,

    shoes

    255, goves

    251, hat

    259

    Underpants

    23,

    undersh rt

    31

    476

    Shi rt

    70, trousers

    91,

    J acket

    151

    4T

    251

    4405

    1 48

    0

    315

    Overj acket

    188, overtrousers 190

    Socks 254,

    shoes

    255, goves 251,

    hat

    259

    259

    Underpants

    23,

    undersh rt

    31

    477

    Shi rt 70,

    trousers

    91, j acket 151

    4223 1 45 1

    87

    U

    290

    Overj acket 188, overtrousers

    190

    Socks

    254,

    shoes

    255

    Underpants

    23,

    undersh rt

    31

    484

    Coveral l 120

    I nsuated

    trousers 204, i nsuated j acket 229

    480

    204 1780 1, 35 1, 42 0,220

    Socks 254,

    shoes

    255

    229

    Underpants

    23,

    undersh rt

    31

    479

    Shi rt 70, trousers 91, j acket 151

    435

    Overj acket 198,

    overtrousers 190

    1 3U

    3783

    1, 42 1, 86 0,288

    Socks

    254,

    shoes

    151

    198

    Underpants 23,

    undersh rt

    31

    478

    Shi rt 70, trousers

    91,

    j acket

    151

    479

    Overj acket 198, overtrouse 190

    259 3965 1,45 2,02 I

    0

    313

    Socks 254,

    shoes

    151,

    hat

    259, goves

    251

    HEAT

    PROTECTI VE

    CLOTHNG

    Underpants 23, Undersh rt 31

    Coveral l 255

    480

    488

    Overtrouse 194, Overj acket 195

    194 2710 1, 45 1, 48 0,229

    Socks

    254,

    Shoes

    255

    195

    Underpants

    23,

    Undersh rt

    31

    480

    489

    Coveral l 120

    191

    4630

    1, 50 1, 55 U24U

    Overtrouse 191, overjacket 193 193

    Shoes 255, Socks 254

    CHEMCAL PROTECTIVECLOTHNG

    Undersh rt

    47,

    underpants 48

    490 coveral l 120,

    coverall 121 421

    2640 1, 45 1,42

    0,220

    Socks 254

    shoes

    255

    RAN

    PROTECTIVE

    CLOTHNG

    Undersh rt

    47,

    underpants

    48

    487

    I nsuated

    trousers 204,

    i nsuated jacket 229

    Overtrouse

    196,

    overjacket 197

    1830

    1, 45 1,57

    0,243

    Socks 254,

    shoes 255

    Underpants

    23,

    undersh rt

    31

    486

    I nsuated

    trousers 204,

    i nsuated jacket 229

    Overj acket 197, overtrouse

    196

    1740

    1, 38

    1,51

    0,234

    Socks

    254,

    Shoes

    255

    Underpants

    23,

    under shi r t

    31

    485

    Coveral l 120

    Overj acket 197, overtrouse

    196

    480

    196 1960

    1, 45

    ~

    1, 29

    022

    Socks 254, shoes 255

    197

    -

    490

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    TABLE 1 .

    Resul ts

    of

    a

    l i near

    regressi on

    between

    clothing

    area

    . factor and

    thermal

    i nsu ati on,

    between

    thermal

    i nsu ati on

    and wei ght,

    and between basi c

    thermal

    i nsu ati on

    and

    summation of

    i nsu ati on

    f or garments .

    Data Source

    Regression

    Equati on

    Num

    R2 Stand . f

    -range

    I l -range Wight-range

    ber Dev

    cl c

    cl o k

    4

    Present study

    0 .48

    Wight

    (kg)

    I

    192 81 0 .14 0

    .00-1

    .32

    0 .02-2 .2

    cu

    Present study

    =

    0

    .59

    Wight

    (kg)

    I

    192

    83

    0

    .16

    0

    .01-1

    . 41 0

    .02-2

    .2

    cl i

    McCul l ough et al

    .

    -

    0 .4541

    .00

    Wight (kg) 80 0 . 1 -0

    .63

    0. 1 -1 .3

    1983

    cl i

    Present study

    =

    1 + 0 .26 I 19 90 0 .11 1

    .19-1

    .49 0 . 7

    -2

    . 411

    McCul l ough et al

    .

    =

    1 + 0 .34 I 21 45 0

    . 046

    1

    .15-1

    .37 0

    .47-0

    .96

    1983

    c1

    1

    Sprague & Munson

    =

    1

    +0

    .29

    I 31 0 . 039

    1

    . 05-1

    .26

    0 .21-1

    .06

    1974

    c11

    Present study =

    0 .57

    Wight

    (kg) 70 94 0 .38 0 . 7 -2

    .06 0. 8 - 4. 5

    1

    McCul l ough et al

    .

    I =0

    .19

    Wight

    (kg)

    +

    0

    .28

    21

    24

    0 .47-0

    .96 1 .6 -3

    . 2

    1983

    c1

    Present study i =1 . 01

    E

    69 99 0 .17 0 . 7 -2.6l

    cl u

    Present study

    I

    =

    0 .82

    EI

    69

    99

    0 .16 0 . 7 -2.61

    cl i

    Present study

    +

    0 . 25=0

    .85

    EI

    69 93

    0 .14 0 . 7 -2.6

    1

    cl u

    Present study

    +

    0

    .17

    I

    = 0 .73

    EI

    69 92 0

    .15

    0 . 7 -2.6

    c1

    cl i

    ASHRAE 55-81*

    I cl =

    0 .82

    EIcl i

    0

    .21-1

    .00

    Sprague & Munson

    +

    0 .113 (Men)=0

    .727

    EI

    0 .04 0.48-1 .06

    1974

    c1

    cl i

    + 0 .05 (Wmen

    -

    0 .770

    EI

    0

    .05 0

    . 21-0 .97

    cl cl i

    *Based

    on

    the data fromSprague & Munson

    1974

    o 14

    U

    H

    1 . 2

    5 2

    1 . 0

    f W~

    H

    C

    0 8

    0

    . 6

    E+

    W

    O

    4

    ( s ,H

    f X4 El

    Wa

    0 2

    2

    0

    H

    0

    Icl u

    -

    0

    .48-wei ght

    e

    0

    o

    o

    0

    0

    2 04

    0

    6

    0

    8

    1

    . 0

    1

    . 2

    1 . 4

    1 . 6 1 . 8 2. 0 kg

    WGHT

    OF

    GARMENT

    Figure 1

    .

    Wight of

    garment versus effecti ve thermal i nsulati on,

    rclu

    491

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    U

    W

    oz

    0

    H

    w

    H

    x

    O

    a

    U

    V

    O

    H

    - - - - Icl =0 .57 weight ,

    2

    4

    r

    2

    0

    W

    z

    i s

    xW .

    ~. 2 . . '

    H

    Uo

    0

    8

    (A

    H

    0

    4

    D

    W

    z

    0

    H 0 QS 1. 0 1 . 5 2 . 0 2 . 5 3 0

    3 5

    4

    0 kg

    BASICTHERMAL INSULATIONOF ENSEMBLE,

    I

    C1

    WIGHT

    OF ENSEMBLE EXCEPT

    SHOES

    Fi gure 2

    . Basic

    thermal i nsul ati on

    of

    Figure

    3

    .

    Wight

    of ensembles

    except

    shoes

    ensembles, I C7

    ,

    versus

    cl othi ng

    versus

    basic

    thermal

    i nsul ation,

    area factor

    c1

    I

    c1

    U

    w

    w

    N

    w

    w

    EG

    0

    H

    NH

    F

    a

    z

    H

    ao

    IC

    0.82

    EIC

    I i

    c

    0 .73 EI

    0

    .17, 73

    EI -C

    1+0,17

    l i +

    0

    n

    n5 to 15 2n 25 do

    CO

    U

    H5

    W

    paq 20

    y

    15

    E k

    .

    0

    1

    . 0

    U)

    O

    t t I

    r F . C l

    0

    V)

    HO

    cl

    -

    1 .00

    Iclu

    - - - I

    C1

    =0

    .85

    I I C1U*0

    .25

    0 O

    5 1 0 1. 5 20 25 de

    SUM OF BASCTHERMAL

    SUM

    OF

    EFFECTIVE THERMAL

    INSULATON

    OF GARMENT

    EI ci i

    INSULATION

    OF

    GARMENT,

    EIcl u

    Fgure4. Summonof

    efectivetherm Fgure5 Summonof basictherm

    i nsul ati on of

    garments, i cl ,

    i nsul ati on of

    garments,

    I cl i ,

    versus

    thermal

    i nsul ati on

    V versus the

    basi c thermal

    ensembles,

    I cl

    i nsul ati on of ensembles,

    I cl

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