Thermal manikin measurements - exact or not?

Summary, in English

According to the European prestandard ENV 342:1998, the thermal insulation of cold-protective clothing is measured with a thermal manikin. Systematic studies on the reproducibility of the values, measured with different types of clothing on the commonly used standing and walking manikins, have not been reported in the literature. Over 300 measurements were done in 8 different European laboratories. The reproducibility of the thermal insulation test results was good. The coefficient of variation was lower than 8%. The measured clothing should fit the manikin precisely, because poorly fitting clothing gave an error in the results. The correlation between parallel and serial insulation values was excellent and parallel values were about 20% lower than serial ones. The influence of ambient conditions was critical only in the case of air velocity. The reproducibility of thermal insulation test results in a single laboratory was good, and the variation was lower than 3%.

• Författare: Hannu Anttonen; Juhani Niskanen; Harriet Meinander; Volkmar Bartels; Kalev Kuklane; Randi Eidsmo Reinertsen; Sabine Varieras; Krzysztof Sołtyński
• Avdelning/ar: Ergonomi och aerosolteknologi
• Publiceringsår: 2004
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 291-300
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics
• Volym: 10
• Issue: 3
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: Taylor & Francis
• Ämne: Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
• Status: Published
• Projekt: EU-project Subzero (contract G6RD-CT-2000-00274)
• Forskningsgrupp: Thermal Environment Laboratory
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 2376-9130