On Demand Webinar
Human thermal clothing simulation depends on accurately capturing clothing insulation and surface area coverage. Both factors significantly influence thermal sensation and comfort. Incorrectly accounting for clothing, and its variability from person to person, can lead to suboptimal product designs. In this webinar, we showed how to leverage ThermoAnalytics’ Human Thermal Clothing Manager. This tool enhances human thermal simulations and optimizes design outcomes.
Key Highlights and Takeaways
- Introducing the Human Thermal Clothing Manager (HTCM): Our auxiliary software tool features an intuitive graphical interface for browsing and selecting high-resolution clothing ensembles.
- Clothing Properties and Thermal Impact: We explored how HTCM-derived clothing properties affect heat and vapor transport in human thermal simulations.
- Comprehensive Ensemble Databases:
- Male and female Western clothing ensembles, based on Smallcombe et al. (2021), “Updated Database of Clothing Thermal Insulation and Vapor Permeability Values of Western Ensembles for Use in ASHRAE Standard 55, ISO 7730, and ISO 9920.”
- Unisex PPE ensembles, including firefighter turn-out gear, based on Kuklane et al. (2022), “A Database of Static Thermal Insulation and Evaporative Resistance Values of Dutch Firefighter Clothing Items and Ensembles.”
- Custom clothing ensembles, which our team tailors to specific project needs.
- Live Demonstration: We walked through the HTCM interface, including browsing ensembles, outfitting high-resolution human thermal models, and assessing the impact of clothing insulation, coverage, and gender on thermal comfort.
Who Should Watch
This webinar is ideal for researchers, engineers, and product designers seeking to improve the accuracy of thermal modeling and the design of thermally comfortable clothing.
Presenter
Mark Hepokiski, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist, Physiology & Comfort
Dr. Mark Hepokoski is the Chief Scientist and Chief Technology Officer at ThermoAnalytics. He has developed a wide array of heat transfer modeling algorithms for the TAITherm family of commercial heat transfer CAE tools. Dr. Hepokoski’s research heavily focuses on developing techniques for coupling simulation tools with physical measurement devices. During his tenure as a Principal Investigator of human thermo-physiology and thermal comfort projects, he has accumulated over 17 years of experience developing a complex thermal model of the human body. The automotive industry widely uses this model for developing comfort-focused climate control system technology. Dr. Hepokoski received his B.S. in Engineering Science and Mechanics, with a minor in Mathematics, from Virginia Tech. He also holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics from Michigan Technological University.
