Thermal Simulation of Close-Fitting Sportswear

Muhammad Awais, Sybille Krzywinski, Bianca-Michaela Wölfling and Edith Classen
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Muhammad Awais: Institute of Textile Machinery and High Performance Material Technology (ITM), TU Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
Sybille Krzywinski: Institute of Textile Machinery and High Performance Material Technology (ITM), TU Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
Bianca-Michaela Wölfling: Hohenstein Institute for Textile Innovation GmbH (HIT), 74357 Bönnigheim, Germany
Edith Classen: Hohenstein Institute for Textile Innovation GmbH (HIT), 74357 Bönnigheim, Germany

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 10, 1-13

Abstract: A novel and intelligent product development approach is required in this fast-growing and advanced technological era. Therefore, textile researchers have worked intensively to create efficient and transparent solutions for complex developments by using advanced modeling and simulation tools and techniques. This paper addresses a process for the thermal simulation of sportswear by considering the human thermophysiological model and important thermal properties of fabrics, i.e., thermal resistance, evaporative resistance, and permeability index. The results of the simulation are illustrated in terms of core body and mean skin temperatures. Moreover, results are validated by wear trials showing good consistency. This study is beneficial to the development of clothing for specific sports and the evaluation of comfort and heat stress during different sports activities.

Keywords: thermophysiological human model; 3D body scanning; thermal simulation; thermal comfort; wear trial (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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