NDLI: Effect of moisture transport on microclimate under T-shirts

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Author	Dai, Xiao Qun Imamura, Ritsuko Liu, Guo Lian Zhou, Fu Ping
Copyright Year	2007
Abstract	Water transport through garments has influence on the microclimate between the garments and the body beneath; thus the thermal comfort feeling for the wearer. Soybean protein fiber (SPF), a new type environmental fiber, which has been reported to be superior in water transfer, is often blended with cotton to improve the water transport property. In this paper, T-shirts made of this SPF/cotton blended fabric were focused in comparison with T-shirts made of cotton fabric. Wicking and immersion tests were carried out on the two types of fabrics to investigate the water transport and absorption properties, respectively; wear trials of T-shirts made of the fabrics were also conducted. Comparing with the cotton fabric which had better water absorptive property, it was found that the blended fabric with superior wicking ability could not only delay the increase of the vapor pressure under the T-shirt at the beginning of the exercise, but also help to keep it lower through the exercise significantly, and also kept the skin temperature under the T-shirt lower. It was made clear that it is the water transfer property rather than the water absorption property helps to take away sweat quickly and prevents the increase of the humidity and temperature at skin surface, thus maintaining a comfort microclimate under garments.
Starting Page	337
Ending Page	340
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISSN	14396319
Journal	European Journal of Applied Physiology
Volume Number	104
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	14396327
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2007-12-11
Publisher Place	Berlin/Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Water transfer Vapor pressure Microclimate Thermal comfort Next-to-skin garments Sports Medicine Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine Human Physiology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Physiology (medical) Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Sports Science

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