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Assessment of Wear Comfort of Water-vapor-permeable (WVP) garments

투습방수의류의 착용쾌적성 평가

  • Kang, In-Hyeng (Sports Leisure Textile Research Center, Inha University) ;
  • Park, Hyo-Suk (Sports Leisure Textile Research Center, Inha University) ;
  • Lee, Han-Sup (Dept. of Advanced Fiber Engineering, Inha University)
  • 강인형 (인하대학교 스포츠레져섬유연구센터) ;
  • 박효숙 (인하대학교 스포츠레져섬유연구센터) ;
  • 이한섭 (인하대학교 섬유신소재전공)
  • Received : 2012.04.26
  • Accepted : 2012.09.13
  • Published : 2012.09.30
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Abstract

This study evaluates wear comforts of water-vapor-permeable (WVP) garments through a measurement of various parameters such as skin and rectal temperatures, microclimate between skin and clothing, sweat rate, and subjective sensations (thermal, wet and comfort sensations) to correlate the physiological responses of the human body with its comfort feeling. Wear comfort during a specific exercise on a treadmill in a climatic chamber (temperature T = $20{\pm}0.5^{\circ}C$ and relative humidity H = $50{\pm}10%$) were studied using eight men wearing seven sportswear outfits (a long sleeve shirts and a long pants) made with seven different WVP fabrics. A comfort sensation was found to be highly correlated with skin T (p<.001), microclimate (T and H) between skin and clothing (p<.001) and sweat rate (p<.05). A regression model correlating comfort sensations and physiological responses obtained from wearer trials could be established: Y = 14.167 - 0.362 ${\times}$ X1 + 0.424 ${\times}$ X2 - 0.238 ${\times}$ X3 - 0.561 ${\times}$ X4 + 0.253 ${\times}$ X5 + 0.214 ${\times}$ X6 - 0.393 ${\times}$ X7 + 0.023 ${\times}$ X8 - 0.043 ${\times}$ X9. (Y = comfort sensation, X1 = forehead skin T, X2 = forearm skin T, X3 = hand skin T, X4 = thigh skin T, X5 = T of chest microclimate, X6 = T of thigh microclimate, X7 = chest sweat rate, X8 = H of back microclimate, X9 = H of thigh microclimate. The regression model obtained in this work can be used by manufacturers to objectively estimate the comfort sensation of sportswear before it is introduced to the consumer market. This study provides salient information to sportswear manufacturers and sportswear consumers.

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