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Environmental Ergonomics XII<br />

Igor B. Mekjavic, Stelios N. Kounalakis & Nigel A.S. Taylor (Eds.), © BIOMED, Ljubljana <strong>2007</strong><br />

required to maintain each of 20 segments (and hence overall) at 34 o C was measured (see<br />

Figures 2 and 3).<br />

Figure 2: Human subject and thermal manikin outdoors.<br />

Figure 3: Human subject and thermal manikin indoors.<br />

Table 3: Environmental conditions and assumptions made in the calculation of body heat<br />

exchange<br />

622<br />

Thermal condition Values Units<br />

Air temperature, ta 23 °C<br />

Mean radiant temperature, tr 33 °C<br />

Relative humidity, ø 54 %<br />

Air velocity, v 0.75 m/s<br />

Metabolic rate (stepping), M 284 Wm -2<br />

External work, W 0 Wm -2<br />

Clothing<br />

Rcl 0.085 m 2 .°C.W -1<br />

Re,cl 0.015 m 2 kPa W -1<br />

Skin temperature, tsk 35 °C<br />

ε 0.95<br />

Ar/AD 0.77<br />

LR 16.5 K kPa -1<br />

AD 2.07 m 2

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