Garments Essay

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Warm Garment is one of the basic need of all human beings, serving the purpose of warm in cold weather and also give the skin protection from a lot of disease which occurred due to the harsh cold . Also the conditions of environment are not the same for people living around globe, varying from extreme cold regions and hot areas. One type of Garment can’t serve the purpose of protection from every climate, keeping in view the comfort of wearer. Garment for hot climates is normally loose and light weight, allowing evaporation of sweat easily. While the Garment of cold weather is normally bulky and used in more than one layer But we made that bulky Garment light weight and which give the excellent thermal insulation and protection against wind …show more content…

For example, either the physical work is continuous or intermittent; the activity rate is low or high, etc. and ecological conditions like temperature, humidity, wind conditions, rain or snow fall expected, etc. The following material characteristics should be considered while determining the garment adequacy for any cold weather:
a) Thermal …show more content…

The insulation value is mainly depends on thickness of material, the ability of garment to trap air and how dry the material is. The trapped air acts as a heat insulator.
1 Clo = 0.155 K-m²/W
b) Evaporative Resistance:
Moisture iº produced on skin by sweating. In hot climatic conditions, the sweat is evaporated releasing heat of body and causing a cooling effect. The heat loss due to evaporation is not required in cold; the key thing is to transfer the sweat from skin to outside through Garment. The condensed sweat is absorbed by the hydrophilic fibers in the material and transferred to the Garment surface where it evaporates. The permeability of garment expresses its ability to allow the passage of vaporized moisture through the material. The thermal insulation of clothing decreases by 30-50% if moisture transfer is not facilitated through the material.
c) Water Resistance: It refers to the ability of outer clothing shell to resist the liquid moisture from outer climate to enter the material. As discussed earlier, a decreased water entry in the garment will help to maintain the insulation value and ultimately the comfort of

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