• Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.947-952
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to analyze skin wettedness($w$) used as the rate index of thermal comfort, and to evaluate the wear comfort of outdoorwear. Skin wettedness is widely used to express the degree of thermal comfort. If skin wettedness exceeds a certain threshold, the body feels damp and discomfort. An experiment which consisted of rest(30 min), exercise(30 min) and recovery(20 min) periods was administered in a climate chamber with 10 healthy male participants. Two kinds of outdoorwears made of 100% cotton fabrics (Control) and specially engineered fabrics having feature of quick sweat absorbency and high speed drying fabric (Functional) were evaluated in the experiment. The condition of climate chamber was controlled according to the thermal insulation of 4 kinds of experimental ensembles(E1~E4). Total sweat loss, sweat loss absorbed into clothing and skin temperature were measured. Skin wettedness was calculated from the ratio of evaporative rate to the maximal evaporative capacity. Skin wettedness of 'Functional' was lower than 'Control' in the 3 kinds of ensembles(E1, E2, E4) because the materials of 'Functional' were composed of quick sweat absorbency and high speed drying fabrics, water vapour permeability and waterproof fabrics.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.1311-1318
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• 2003

최근 흡한 속건성은 사이언스 소재로 가장 보편적으로 이용되고 있는 소재 성능이다. 하지만 아직 제대로 된 측정 평가법이 존재하고 있지 않고, 몇몇 의류업체에서는 단순히 객관적 속성만을 측정하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 객관적 속성인지들의 연속적이 값들이 실제 인체에서는 얼마만큼의 변별력으로 인식되는지 정신물리학적 측정법으로 최소 자극치(PSE)를 구하여 등급을 나누어 보았다. 시료는 흡한속건성 직물로 가장 많이 이용되고 있는 Coolmax(R), Coolever(R), 친수성 이중직물의 3개 그룹으로 나누었고, 측정 인자로 객관적 속성인자는 cling force, drying time을, 이와 대응하는 주관적 속성인자는 clinginess, dampness를 측정하고 각각의 PSE값을 구하였다. 그룹에 따라 객관적 속성인자 값들이 이라고 느끼는 PSE 구간까지 도달하는 시간과 속력을 측정하여 그룹마다의 흡한속건 등급을 정하였다. 또한 설계된 소재의 성능을 간접적으로 알 수 있는 transmissibility라는 인자도 도입하여 수분 전달성도 객관적으로 살펴볼 수 있었다. Clinginess, Dampness, Transmissibility 각 인자들을 평가해본 결과 Coolmax(R) 가 가장 우수함을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.33 no.10
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• pp.1665-1672
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• 2009

This study examines the comfort of outdoorwear by electrocardiogram (ECG) and electroencephalogram (EEG) analyses. An experiment that consisted of rest (30 min), exercise (30 min), and recovery (20 min) periods was administered in a climate chamber with 10 healthy male participants. Two kinds of outdoorwear made of 100% cotton fabrics ('Control') and specially engineered fabrics having the feature of quick sweat absorbency and high speed drying fabric ('Functional') are evaluated in the experiment. ECG and EEG signals were obtained during the rest and recovery periods for the two outdoorwear conditions. The ECG analysis identified a smaller decrement of high frequency (HF) power for the 'Functional' when compared with the 'Control' during the recovery period. Next, the EEG analysis showed that the relative band powers of slow $\alpha$ and mid $\alpha$ increased for the 'Functional' while they decreased for the 'Control' and that the ratio of $\alpha$ power to high $\beta$ power was higher for the 'Functional'. The evaluation results indicate that the participants could remain relaxed more with less stress while wearing the functional outdoorwear that demonstrated the positive effects on autonomic nervous system (ANS) activities. The present study is significant in regard that use of ECG and EEG for the assessment of wear comfort is the first in the field of clothing and textile.