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A brief description of clothing comfort significance by Dr. Muhammad Mushtaq Mangat Nov 19, 2012
Lecture 1
comfort
Clothing significant
An ubiquitous need of human Fundamental need of the human being Used for:
Protection Social up gradation For certain function (medical textile etc)
Different dresses
Activities level, Economic background, Social status Age and level of health, Environment, Weather, Certain situation (bridal dress etc.) Faith, Religion, Territorial, culture Many more factors
Indian clothing
Egyptian clothing
Modern clothing
Change in dresses
Everyday old dresses are fading away
World is having a uni-dress through out, like
It is due to: Fast communication Access to knowledge More travelling Better comfort of new clothing New designs
Clothing Comfort
Subjective assessment
Objective measurement
Complexities:
Subjective is linked with human perception Machine cannot represent human Perception changes with the change in environment
need
Turban in tropical area is an example for Heavy clothing for north pole people
Dress variation is based on need of comfort Climatic variation pushed people to have
different clothing
ARMY NATICK LABS USA, big contribution First book Psychology of clothing on
ASHARE
ASHRAE, (American Society of Air
More than 50,000 members worldwide Focus on building systems, energy efficiency,
indicating physiological, psychological and physical balance among the person [3]
Conti
Balanced process of heat exchange
between the human body, the clothing system and the environment [4] that expresses satisfaction with the environment- ASHRAE.
alter
Thermal heat and mass transfer Sensorialtactile, touching, hand-feel Movementmovement of body parts Social status, forces dress Psychologicalaesthetic sense,
design is different for kids and old people, colorful dress of ladies
External
Ambient temperature
Wind speed
Moisture in environment
Globe temperature
Cultural
Overall environment
Internal
Metabolic rate
Level of activities
Health position
Economic position
Social experiences
Psychological situation
Thermal discomfort
Accumulation of heat in micro climate
physical and biochemical function of whole human body. It describes the interaction all organs of human body
clothing
http://www.ptj.com.pk/Web-2012/01-2012/
January-2012-PDF/Apparel-and-KnitwearTanveer-Malik.pdf
Activity
A brief write up on clothing comfort
30 minutes will be spared for discussion on
write up
References
[1] http://ashrae.org/about-ashrae/ [2] Hes, L., Thermal comfort properties of textile fabrics in wet state, in Proc. Izmir Internat. Textile and Apparel Symposium2007: Cesme (Turkey). [3] Li, M., et al. Factor Analysis on Subjective Attributes Affecting Knitted Fabric's Comfort Sensation. in First International Workshop on Database Technology and Applications. 2009 [4] Celcar, D., H. Meinander, and J. Gersak, Heat and moisture transmission properties of clothing systems evaluated by using a sweating thermal manikin under different environmental conditions. International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology, 2008. 20(4): p. 240-252.