Abstract:

Clothing fabrics are rarely used individually as the only layer protecting the body against different outer factors. Especially in cold climates, human attire is usually composed of several layers constituting together a multilayer set of textile materials. The purpose of this work was to analyse the impact of the number of layers on the thermal resistance of multi-layer clothing packages. Two-, three- and four-layer packages were made from woven fabrics of different structure. The packages were tested for thermal resistance by means of a Permetest instrument, made by Sensora (Czech Republic). The tests were carried out for individual materials forming the layers of the packages and for entire packages. Based on the research conducted and analysis of the results, it was found that the number of layers has a significant impact on the thermal resistance of multi-layer clothing packages. The thermal resistance of the multilayer textile packages measured was a little lower than the sum of the thermal resistance of the particular layers creating the packages. On the basis of the results, the thermal contact resistance and boundary effect were also discussed.