Study on the Relation between the Air Gap Size under Clothing and the Comfort Sensations

IntroductionThe air gap exists between the wearer s skin and thewrong side of the inner clothing layer , whichis decided bythe posture of human body , the clothing style and theenvironment situation together . There is close relationshipbetween the air gap and the wearer s subjective comfortsensations . Many scholars studied on the micro-cli matecharacteristics of the air gaps about temperature ,humidity ,ventilation and so on. Different types of micro-cli mate testing devices have been develo…

Study on the Relation between the Air Gap Size under Clothing and the Comfort Sensations

Combining two non-contact testing instruments of a threedimensional body measure system and an infrared camera, the entrapped air gap under clothing and the clothing surface temperature distribution were measured without interfering the air gap state. It was discussed the effect of different air gap size on subjective clothing sensation. At the same time, taken the subjective sensations of moisture, adhesiveness and mugginess from the lower back as example, the relationship among the subjective evaluation, the air gap size and the clothing surface temperature were analyzed.