To study the influences of phase change material(PCM)microcapsules in clothing on human thermal responses,a mathematical model is developed.The improved Stolwijk’s model is used to simulate human thermo-regulatory pr...To study the influences of phase change material(PCM)microcapsules in clothing on human thermal responses,a mathematical model is developed.The improved Stolwijk’s model is used to simulate human thermo-regulatory process,and the coupled heat and moisture transfer including the moisture sorption/desorption of fibers and effects of phase transition temperature range on the phase change processes of the PCM is considered in clothing model.Meanwhile,the theoretical predictions are validated by experimental data.Then,the interactions between human body thermal responses and the heat and moisture transfer in clothing are discussed by comparing the prediction results with PCMs and without PCMs.Also the effects of fiber hygroscopicity on clothing and human thermal responses are compared.The conclusion shows that the clothing with PCMs microcapsules can delay the human temperature variations and decrease the sweat accumulation rate on the skin surface and heat loss during changing of ambient conditions,and fiber hygroscopicity reduces the effect of PCM microcapsules on delaying garment temperature variations very significantly.展开更多
An increment-dimensional scaled boundary finite element method (ID-SBFEM) is developed to solve the transient temperature field.To improve the accuracy of SBFEM,the effect of high frequency factor on dynamic stiffness...An increment-dimensional scaled boundary finite element method (ID-SBFEM) is developed to solve the transient temperature field.To improve the accuracy of SBFEM,the effect of high frequency factor on dynamic stiffness is considered,and the first-order continued fraction technique is used.After the derivation,the SBFE equations are obtained,and the dimensions of thermal conduction,the thermal capacity matrix and the vector of the right side term in the equations are doubled.An example is presented to illustrate the feasibility and good accuracy of the proposed method.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 50706017)the Research Funds of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (No.NS2010009)
文摘To study the influences of phase change material(PCM)microcapsules in clothing on human thermal responses,a mathematical model is developed.The improved Stolwijk’s model is used to simulate human thermo-regulatory process,and the coupled heat and moisture transfer including the moisture sorption/desorption of fibers and effects of phase transition temperature range on the phase change processes of the PCM is considered in clothing model.Meanwhile,the theoretical predictions are validated by experimental data.Then,the interactions between human body thermal responses and the heat and moisture transfer in clothing are discussed by comparing the prediction results with PCMs and without PCMs.Also the effects of fiber hygroscopicity on clothing and human thermal responses are compared.The conclusion shows that the clothing with PCMs microcapsules can delay the human temperature variations and decrease the sweat accumulation rate on the skin surface and heat loss during changing of ambient conditions,and fiber hygroscopicity reduces the effect of PCM microcapsules on delaying garment temperature variations very significantly.
基金supported by the Innovation Training Project for Students in NUAA(No.2016C-X0010-129)the Key Laboratory of Aircraft Environment Control and Life Support(NUAA),Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
文摘An increment-dimensional scaled boundary finite element method (ID-SBFEM) is developed to solve the transient temperature field.To improve the accuracy of SBFEM,the effect of high frequency factor on dynamic stiffness is considered,and the first-order continued fraction technique is used.After the derivation,the SBFE equations are obtained,and the dimensions of thermal conduction,the thermal capacity matrix and the vector of the right side term in the equations are doubled.An example is presented to illustrate the feasibility and good accuracy of the proposed method.
