Physiological and perceptual assessment of thermal comfort and heat strain in garment wear tests using sleeves: an alternative to full-garment tests of chemical protective clothing

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dc.contributor.authorTultrairat, Angkhanaen
dc.contributor.committeecochairNorton, Marjorieen
dc.contributor.committeecochairCloud, Rinn M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBoles, Joann F.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHerbert, William G.en
dc.contributor.departmentClothing and Textilesen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:44:02Zen
dc.date.adate2008-08-29en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:44:02Zen
dc.date.issued1996en
dc.date.rdate2008-08-29en
dc.date.sdate2008-08-29en
dc.description.abstractThis study was conducted to explore the feasibility of using sleeves, along with both physiological and perceptual measurements, to assess the thermal comfort and heat strain in chemical protective clothing wear tests. The effect of body sites, i.e. the arms and the chest, and the effect of a Tyvek® coverall on skin temperature and sweat amount were investigated as well. Ten male subjects were selected from college students. Each subject was assigned to wear a garment of either T-shirt and pants or a changeable left-sleeved Tyvek® coverall with or without an experimental sleeve on the left arm. Three experimental sleeves were of the same style, but made of three different fabrics: Tyvek®, Pro/Shield I®, and Pro/Shield II®. Each subject wore an assigned garment and pedaled on a cycle ergometer in an environmentally-controlled room. Skin temperature, sweat amount, and subjective comfort evaluations were recorded and later analyzed by repeated-measures ANOVA. Results showed there is a feasibility in using a sleeve with a T-shirt/pants standard garment for assessing thermal comfort in chemical protective garment wear tests. The T-shirt/pants standard garment yielded more consistent and reliable results than did the Tyvek®-coverall standard garment. Under the same conditions, there were no significant differences in skin temperature and sweat amount among the left and right upper arms and the chest. The Tyvek® sleeve in this study impeded the transfer of heat by the greatest amount, followed by the Pro/Shield II® sleeve and the Pro/Shield I® sleeve, respectively.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentx, 179 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-08292008-063420en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08292008-063420/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/44494en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1996.T858.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 36801828en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectthermal comforten
dc.subjectheat stressen
dc.subjectheat strainen
dc.subjectprotective clothingen
dc.subjectskin temperatureen
dc.subjectsweat amounten
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1996.T858en
dc.titlePhysiological and perceptual assessment of thermal comfort and heat strain in garment wear tests using sleeves: an alternative to full-garment tests of chemical protective clothingen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineClothing and Textilesen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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