Publication detail

A comparison of methods for measuring thermal insulation of military clothing

ŠVECOVÁ, J. STROHMANDL, J. FIŠER, J. TOMA, R. HAJNA, P. HAVELKA, A.

Original Title

A comparison of methods for measuring thermal insulation of military clothing

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

This study presents methods for measuring thermal insulation of military clothing assemblies used in various climatic regions of the world, with the exception of polar regions. With the use of FOX 314 and thermal manikin, the thermal insulation of the fabrics (military materials) was ascertained at simulating real climatic conditions of cold, arid, temperate and tropical zones according to European standard EN 60721-2-1: 2014. The aim of this study was to compare the values of thermal insulation of the duty of military clothing ascertained by two methods and to evaluate the reliability of methods and instruments used. The measured results show that the measurement methods used are different in terms of method and measurement conditions, the results of the thermal insulation and the resulting choice of military clothing in the type of climate. The functionality and suitability of the use of military clothing sets were verified in real climatic conditions, provided that the optimal thermal comfort of the wearer was achieved.

Keywords

Thermal insulation of clothing, thermal manikin, FOX 314, measurement methods, military clothing

Authors

ŠVECOVÁ, J.; STROHMANDL, J.; FIŠER, J.; TOMA, R.; HAJNA, P.; HAVELKA, A.

Released

11. 11. 2019

Publisher

SAGE Publications Ltd

Location

USA

ISBN

1530-8057

Periodical

Journal of Industrial Textiles

Year of study

2019

Number

1

State

United States of America

Pages from

1

Pages to

17

Pages count

17

URL

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1528083719886559

BibTex

@article{BUT160049,
  author="Jana {Švecová} and Jan {Strohmandl} and Jan {Fišer} and Róbert {Toma} and Petr {Hajna} and Antonín {Havelka}",
  title="A comparison of methods for measuring thermal insulation of military clothing",
  journal="Journal of Industrial Textiles",
  year="2019",
  volume="2019",
  number="1",
  pages="1--17",
  doi="10.1177/1528083719886559",
  issn="1530-8057",
  url="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1528083719886559"
}