Biophysical Properties Of Five Cold Weather Clothing Systems And The Predicted Regional Properties of Ensembles

Abstract

Thermal and evaporative resistance measurements from sweating thermal manikins were collected for five cold-weather ensemble systems from the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Special Forces, Canadian Armed Forces, and Norwegian Armed Forces, a total of 60 garments and 34 ensemble configurations. All clothing data was separated into six regions for the head, torso, arm, hand, leg, and foot. Linear regression analysis generated equations for the torso, arm, and leg regions to predict regional ensemble resistances from the sum of regional garment resistances. The regional data presented in this report, as opposed to whole-body data, provides a new perspective on clothing properties and are critical to materiel developers for the optimization of cold-weather ensemble design. Newly created equations improve accuracy for predictions of ensemble resistances for the torso, arm, and leg body regions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 12, 2020
Accession Number
AD1115339

Entities

People

  • Adam W Potter
  • Anthony J. Karis
  • Julio A. Gonzalez
  • Timothy P. Rioux
  • Xiaojiang Xu

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Body Regions
  • Body Temperature
  • Boundaries
  • Clothing
  • Data Analysis
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environment
  • Equations
  • Exposure Suits
  • Fabrics
  • Heat Transfer
  • Insulation
  • Linear Regression Analysis
  • Marine Corps
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Regression Analysis
  • Special Operations Forces
  • Standards
  • Test Methods
  • Thermal Resistance

Readers

  • Materials Science
  • Regression Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology