General Procedure for Clothing Evaluations Relative to Heat Stress.

Abstract

This technical note (TN) describes the recommended biophysical and physiological test procedures for heat stress evaluations of textiles and clothing. The emphasis in this TN is on the human physiological testing, which is required as part of the development and acquisition process for Army materiel, in support of the Health Hazard Assessment (HHA) which is conducted by the U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, provisional. Biophysical evaluations for clothing include determination of the thermal characteristics for textiles via guarded hot plate tests, and for clothing systems via thermal manikin tests. Mathematical models are used to predict performance for evaluation conditions and/or field use. Human physiological testing for clothing is best done in a controlled laboratory environment, although field trials may also be conducted. Tests must control for confounding variables, and proven test and measurement methods must be employed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA294953

Entities

People

  • Leslie Levine
  • Michael N. Sawka
  • Richard R. Gonzalez

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Clothing
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Mathematical Models
  • Measurement
  • Models
  • Preventive Medicine
  • Test And Evaluation

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  • Exercise and Sports Science.
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  • Biotechnology