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PROTECTIVE CLOTHING: STUDY IN INDUCED THERMAL STRAIN AND IN PROTECTION AGAINST THERMAL RADIATION.

Author(s) : EISSING G.

Summary

TESTS, WITH FIVE TEST SUBJECTS, WERE CARRIED OUT AT A TEMPERATURE OF 293 K (20 DEG C) AND 50% RH USING A TREADMILL (SPEED 4 KM/H, INCLINATION 5%). METABOLIC RATE, HEART RATE, RECTAL TEMPERATURE, SKIN TEMPERATURE, SKIN WATER VAPOUR PRESSURE, AND SWEAT LOSS WERE MEASURED. THE TESTS SHOW THE EFFECT OF THE MICROCLIMATE BELOW CLOTHING ON HEART RATE, WHICH IS GIVEN BY A SMALL INCREASE UP TO A RANGE OF 303-304 K (30-31 DEG C) NET (EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURE) AND FOLLOWED BY A HIGH INCREASE ABOVE THIS RANGE. TESTS CARRIED OUT WITH AND WITHOUT THERMAL RADIATION SHOW THAT IN THE CASE OF THERMAL RADIATION, THE HEAT-PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ENSEMBLES HAVE A HIGH PROTECTIVE EFFECT AND A PROFIT FOR THE WEARER.

Details

  • Original title: PROTECTIVE CLOTHING: STUDY IN INDUCED THERMAL STRAIN AND IN PROTECTION AGAINST THERMAL RADIATION.
  • Record ID : 1985-2121
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 1984
  • Source: Source: ASHRAE Trans.
    vol. 90; n. 1B; 1099-1115; 7 fig.; 7 tabl.; 9 ref.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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