| Abstract: | We have developed a three-dimensional clothed human thermal model for predicting physiological responses to temperature and humidity within clothing by considering the thermal properties of fabrics, clothing ensembles, and their designs. The model is a coupled simulation system of a human thermal model and a clothing thermal model. The model performance was investigated by comparing its predictions with experimental data. The following results were obtained. (1) The model predictions of skin temperature distributions and the micro-climate within clothing basically agreed with experimental data. (2) The skin temperatures of clothed body parts were higher than the corresponding body parts in the nude condition, and the skin temperatures of the hand and foot were higher than those in the nude condition, both in the model predictions and in the experimental data. (3) The model prediction of total moisture transfer was almost the same as obtained from the experimental data. 1998 Scripta Technica, Heat Trans Jpn Res, 26(8): 554–566, 1997 |
