The regional thermal resistance of one-piece dresses has been determined by using a thermal manikin, the boby of which is movable in its posture and motions.
The main results obtained are as follows:
(1) The effect of the regional thermal insultation Δ
R has been determined of the one- piece dresses taking acount of the four factors; size of one-piece dresses (3 levels), posture of manikin (4 levels), belt of manikin (2 levels; with/without), and underwear (2 levels; with/without) .
(2) The relationship was illustrated between the degree of ease of one-piece dreses and the effect of regional thermal insulation Δ
R, when an underwear is worn with or without belt. Some suggestions have been made useful for clothing design and clothing habit.
(3) The efficiency (E) of the combined wearing of underwear and outer wear is defined by:
E=100×Δ
R (U+O) /ΔR (U) +ΔR (O1) where, Δ
R (U+O) : thermal resistance of one-piece dress when an underwear is worn under one-piece dress,
Δ
R (U) : thermal resistance of underwear only, and
Δ
R (O1) : thermal resistance of one-piece dress only.
The values of E range from 60 to 110% depending on the parts of the body of the manikin. The average value of
E is about 90%.
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