Effects of thermal and moisture transport properties of T-shirts on wearer’s comfort sensations

Little work has been done in the past on how clothing thermal and moisture transport properties affect human comfort sensations during different periods of an exercise. In this work, by correlating the thermal and moisture transport properties of T-shirt fabrics and garments with the comfort sensati...

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Published in:Fibers and polymers 2007-12, Vol.8 (5), p.537-542
Main Authors: Kar, F., Fan, J., Yu, W., Wan, X.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Comfort
Fabrics
Garments
Moisture
Running
Studies
Thermal insulation
Transport properties
Wetness
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Summary:Little work has been done in the past on how clothing thermal and moisture transport properties affect human comfort sensations during different periods of an exercise. In this work, by correlating the thermal and moisture transport properties of T-shirt fabrics and garments with the comfort sensations during different stages of exercises, we found that thickness, thermal insulation and warm/cool feeling of the T-shirt fabrics are important to warmth sensation, skin wetness sensation and overall comfort throughout the entire period of exercise and immediately after the exercise. Water vapor transmission properties of T-shirt fabrics or garments are not important to comfort sensations at the start of the exercise, but become an important factor to comfort sensations in the middle of the exercise up to the resting period after the running exercise, probably due to the fact that sweating occurs during these periods. Fabric water absorption and air permeability are not significant factors at the start and during the exercise, but are important after exercise, probably because these properties determine how quickly the skin can be dried after sweating.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1229-9197
1875-0052
DOI:10.1007/BF02875877