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Clothing insulation

About: Clothing insulation is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 453 publications have been published within this topic receiving 15463 citations.


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01 Jan 1972
TL;DR: In this paper, an account of research undertaken by the author and his colleagues at the Technical University of Denmark and at the Institute for Environmental Research, Kansas State University is described. But the data in the literature on thermal comfort are extensive, they are disjointed Other CABI sites 
Abstract: This book is basically an account of research undertaken by the author and his colleagues at the Technical University of Denmark and at the Institute for Environmental Research, Kansas State University. Although the data in the literature on thermal comfort are extensive, they are disjointed Other CABI sites 

3,930 citations

Journal Article
TL;DR: In this paper, the adaptive hypothesis predicts that contextual factors and past thermal history modify building occupants' thermal expectations and preferences, which is contrary to static assumptions underlying the current ASHRAE comfort standard 55-92.
Abstract: The adaptive hypothesis predicts that contextual factors and past thermal history modify building occupants' thermal expectations and preferences. One of the predictions of the adaptive hypothesis is that people in warm climate zones prefer warmer indoor temperatures than people living in cold climate zones. This is contrary to the static assumptions underlying the current ASHRAE comfort standard 55-92. To examine the adaptive hypothesis and its implications for Standard 55-92, the ASHRAE RP-884 project assembled a quality-controlled database from thermal comfort field experiments worldwide (circa 21,000 observations from 160 buildings). Our statistical analysis examined the semantics of thermal comfort in terms of thermal sensation,

1,455 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the Stolwijk model was used to develop a 65-node thermoregulation model with 16 body segments corresponding to the thermal manikin, each consisting of four layers for core, muscle, fat and skin.

410 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the representation and measurement of clothing parameters and metabolic rate in the PMV context and provide solutions for some of the problems identified and for some solutions are provided.

318 citations

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TL;DR: A clothing model is developed that defines in detail the effective clothing insulation and vapour resistance for each of the thermo-physiological model’s body segments over a wide range of climatic conditions.
Abstract: The Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) was conceived as a thermal index covering the whole climate range from heat to cold. This would be impossible without considering clothing as the interface between the person (here, the physiological model of thermoregulation) and the environment. It was decided to develop a clothing model for this application in which the following three factors were considered: (1) typical dressing behaviour in different temperatures, as observed in the field, resulting in a model of the distribution of clothing over the different body segments in relation to the ambient temperature, (2) the changes in clothing insulation and vapour resistance caused by wind and body movement, and (3) the change in wind speed in relation to the height above ground. The outcome was a clothing model that defines in detail the effective clothing insulation and vapour resistance for each of the thermo-physiological model’s body segments over a wide range of climatic conditions. This paper details this model’s conception and documents its definitions.

237 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
20221
202137
202043
201933
201825
201717