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Figure 5. Comfort sensation votes of experimental garments.
DISCUSSION
In this study, based on the back waist, the regression equations among the subjective
sensations, air gap thickness and clothing surface temperature were established. The
subjective damp and muggy sensation could be predicted by the air gap size and the
clothing surface temperature, while the subjective sticky sensation had a linear
relation with the air gap size. The subjective evaluations for the clothing with medium
air gap sizes were best, and the evaluations of those with thin air gaps were moderate,
while those with relatively thick gaps performed worst.
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