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Faming Wang1, Chengjiao Zhang1, Yehu Lu1
1Laboratory for Clothing Physiology and Ergonomics (LCPE), the National Engineering Laboratories for Modern Silk, Soochow University, 199 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou 215123, China.
Abstract:
In the so-called isothermal condition (i.e., Tair [air temperature]=Tmanikin [manikin temperature]=Tr [radiant temperature]), the actual energy used for moisture evaporation detected by most sweating manikins was underestimated due to the uncontrolled fabric 'skin' temperature Tsk,f (i.e., Tsk,f
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