"A Study on the Development of a Movable Sweating Thermal Manikin"

出汗暖体假人似乎是一个有用的工具，用于评估服装系统的热舒适性能。它给出的结果是准确的，公正的和相互比较。使用出汗假人还可以节省时间和金钱，而且比使用真人更简单。然而，已经开发和目前使用的人体模型并不充分接近人类皮肤的热特性。本研究的目的是开发一种可移动的出汗暖体假人，其尺寸与日本女性的平均尺寸相同，可以精确地控制皮肤温度和出汗量。在第一年中，对使用数字温度控制器的皮肤温度控制系统的精度和使用一种双筒式管泵的假人表面出汗率控制系统的精度进行了检查，并对模拟人体皮肤的材料进行了研究。根据上述基本检查结果制作的婴儿臀部出汗保暖人体模型成功地评价了日本市场上广泛使用的几种一次性纸尿布的干燥和蒸发耐热性。第二年，研究了人体模型关节的结构和使用带有线性运动控制器的电动滑块移动关节的方式。运动对服装性能的影响进行了检查，通过使用一个婴儿的脚模拟行走的部分manikin。在最后一年，上述结果进行了整合，并制造了一个可移动的出汗热假人的大小平均日本妇女。由于控制器和电机的数量受到限制，由于预算限制，一个功能齐全的人体模型版本仍在酝酿中。

A sweating thermal manikin seems to be a useful tool for the assessment of thermal comfort properties of clothing systems. It gives results which are accurate, unbiased and mutually comparable. Using a sweating manikin also saves time and money, and it is simpler than using live subjects. The manikins which have been developed and are in currently use, however, do not sufficiently approximate the thermal characteristics of the human skin. The purpose of this study is to develop a movable sweating thermal manikin the same size as an average Japanese woman whose skin temperature and perspiration can be precisely controlled.In the first year, the precision of the controlling system for skin temperature using digital temperature controllers and for sweating rate from the manikin's surface using a cartridge-type tube pump were examined and material simulating human skin was investigated. A sweating thermal manikin of an infant's hip region which has been manufactured as a result of the above basic examination successfully evaluated both dry and evaporative heat resistance of several kinds of disposable paper diapers which are widely available on the Japanese market.In the second year, the structure of the manikin's joints and the way of moving the joints using electric sliders with linear motion controllers were investigated. The effect of movement on clothing performance was examined by using a partial manikin of an infant's foot simulating walking.In the final year, the above results were integrated and a movable sweating thermal manikin of size of an average Japanese woman was manufactured. As the number of controllers and motors was restricted, duo to budgetary restraints, a fully functional version of the manikin is still in the offing.