Journal of The Japan Society of Microgravity Application
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The Distribution of Humidity inside of Clothing Environment and the Materials Movement for Clothes in Changing Gravity
Megumi OGAWA Kyoko KUBOIkue KURATAChie NARITAYoshiko TAYA
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2006 Volume 23 Issue 1 Pages 40-

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In the near future, on the assumption that human beings will live in space, it is necessary for us to develop new technologies which make living in space much more comfortable, convenient, and enjoyable. The crews who have some different cultures work together for a long duration in the closed environment in space, so daily clothing has a very powerful effect both physically and mentally for our well being. As clothing has never developed for microgravity in the spacecraft, it could be very useful to develop such daily clothing to life in space for astronauts and space tourists. In this study, we tried to observe a change of form of clothing materials. In addition, it was measured continually air temperature and humidity inside of clothing environment, skin temperature and heart rate in changing gravity conditions utilizing parabolic flight in the airplane. As a result, it is shown that the materials movement for clothes is related to physical properties of materials. And then, changing the shapes of clothes has an effect on the distribution of humidity inside of clothing environment.
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