Human body-interfacing material strategies for personal thermal and moisture management of wearable systems

M Guan, G Wang, J Li, RM Rossi, M Zhu - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Personal thermal and moisture management for wearable systems and strategies are
drawing increasing attention due to their potential on human thermal comfort and safety and …

Thermal protective clothing for firefighters

G Song, S Mandal, R Rossi - 2016 - books.google.com
Thermal Protective Clothing for Firefighters explores the materials, design, and usage of
thermal protective clothing. The characteristics of fire hazards are discussed in detail, and …

Bioinspired stable single-layer Janus fabric with directional water/moisture transport property for integrated personal cooling management

Y Si, S Shi, Z Dong, H Wu, F Sun, J Yang, J Hu - Advanced Fiber Materials, 2023 - Springer
Extensive progress has been achieved regarding Janus fabric for directional water transport
due to its excellent and feasible personal cooling management ability, which has great …

Three-dimensional printed thermal regulation textiles

T Gao, Z Yang, C Chen, Y Li, K Fu, J Dai, EM Hitz… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Space cooling is a predominant part of energy consumption in people's daily life. Although
cooling the whole building is an effective way to provide personal comfort in hot weather, it is …

Moisture transmission through textiles

B Das, A Das, VK Kothari, R Fanguiero… - AUTEX Research …, 2007 - degruyter.com
Moisture transmission through textiles has a great influence on the thermo-physiological
comfort of the human body which is maintained by perspiring both in vapour and liquid form …

Designing textile architectures for high energy-efficiency human body sweat-and cooling-management

K Fu, Z Yang, Y Pei, Y Wang, B Xu, YH Wang… - Advanced Fiber …, 2019 - Springer
Thermal management of textiles requires local microclimate control over heat and wet
dissipation to create a comfortable thermal-wet environment at the interface of the human …

Investigating the protective performance of turnout gears for firefighters under diverse exposure conditions: Effect of age and body segments

J Acharya, D Bhanja, RD Misra - Thermal Science and Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Present work investigates the impact of different exposures (flame, 50/50 convection and
radiation, and radiation alone) on thermal performance of firefighters' clothing. The …

Quantitative evaluation of air gap thickness and contact area between body and garment

A Psikuta, J Frackiewicz-Kaczmarek… - Textile Research …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The thermal, evaporative and wicking properties of clothing depend not only on the
properties of the fabric but also on the thickness of air layers and the magnitude of the …

Effect of heterogenous and homogenous air gaps on dry heat loss through the garment

E Mert, A Psikuta, MA Bueno, RM Rossi - International Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
In real life conditions, the trapped air between the human body and the garment has uneven
shape and vary over the body parts as a consequence of the complex geometry of the …

Influence of thickness and porosity on coupled heat and liquid moisture transfer in porous textiles

Y Li, Q Zhu, KW Yeung - Textile research journal, 2002 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper focuses on a theoretical investigation of the coupling mechanism of heat transfer
and liquid moisture diffusion in porous textiles using a mathematical model developed …