Experimental Measurements of convective Heat Flux Distribution Over the Entire Skin surface of a Male Subject and Its Model

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Heat flux from the human skin to the environment was measured with heat flux transducers over the entire skin surface of a male subject. The total heat flux for bare skin was 113 W and when the subject wore a loose sports shirt and trousers was 84.9 W, in a room at 20°C. Heat flux distribution was found to be approximately symmetrical from the centerline of a torso without clothes. An approximate correspondence with skin surface temperature was obtained. For comparison, a constant temperature bath made of stainless steel plates was constructed in the shape of a human body. The total heat flux from this human model, measured by the previous transducers, agreed fairly well with the total electric energy supplied to the constant temperature bath.