title: Effect of two sweating simulation methods on clothing evaporative resistance in a so-called isothermal condition.
abstract: The effect of sweating simulation methods on clothing evaporative resistance was investigated in a so-called isothermal condition (T manikin  = T a  = T r ). Two sweating simulation methods, namely, the pre-wetted fabric "skin" (PW) and the water supplied sweating (WS), were applied to determine clothing evaporative resistance on a "Newton" thermal manikin. Results indicated that the clothing evaporative resistance determined by the WS method was significantly lower than that measured by the PW method. In addition, the evaporative resistances measured by the two methods were correlated and exhibited a linear relationship. Validation experiments demonstrated that the empirical regression equation showed highly acceptable estimations. The study contributes to improving the accuracy of measurements of clothing evaporative resistance by means of a sweating manikin.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Clothing Physiology and Ergonomics (LCPE), The National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, Soochow University, 199 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou, 215123, China.
authors.forename: Yehu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Clothing Physiology and Ergonomics (LCPE), The National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, Soochow University, 199 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou, 215123, China. dr.famingwang@gmail.com.|Department of Apparel Design and Engineering, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, 178 Ganjiang Road, Suzhou, 215021, China. dr.famingwang@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Faming
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2945-4685
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Apparel Design and Engineering, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, 178 Ganjiang Road, Suzhou, 215021, China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Peng
mesh_terms: D003020:Clothing; D032561:Cotton Fiber; D008348:Manikins; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D013546:Sweating; D013696:Temperature
keywords: Evaporative resistance; Isothermal condition; Sweating simulation; Thermal manikin