THE EVALUATION OF EXPERIMENTAL FABRICS AS ALTERNATES FOR STANDARD WOOL FABRICS

Abstract

The report is based on a Quartermaster discussion of the problems of comfort in Army cold weather clothing. The comfort aspects directly connected with thermal protection from the cold were considered in terms of: the present multilayer cold weather ensemble in which the fabric layers are of the water vapor permeable type, and the possible new cold weather systems in which water movement in the clothing assembly is restricted by placing a water vapor impermeable membrane in the clothing layers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1955
Accession Number
AD0698449

Entities

People

  • Norman R. Hollies

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Clothing
  • Cooling
  • Environment
  • Fabrics
  • Films
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Loss
  • Materials
  • Moisture Content
  • Sleeping Bags
  • Sweating
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Thermal Insulation
  • Thermal Resistance
  • Vapor Barriers
  • Water Vapor
  • Wind Velocity

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  • Reinforced Composite Materials
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