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THROUGH TEXTILES
SHAHRUKH SHAHBAZ
Contents
HEAT
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
HEAT
HEAT
Transferable
Measurable
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
CONDUCTION
CONVECTION
RADIATION
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY:
THERMAL RESISTANCE
HEAT FLOW
The heat flow, Q, through the textile fabric is given as the following
Where A is the surface area exposed to the hot air, T1 is the initial air
temperature and T2 is the transient air temperature.
Qx
element / T
Rate of heat
energy conduction
at x + x
x+ x
Rate of heat
generation inside
element
gen, element
= E
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF
MATERIALS
Sr
#
1
2
3
Material
Copper
Silver
Gold
Thermal Conductivity
at 25 oC
( W/m K)
483
450
345
Air
0.026
Water
0.61
Polymer
0.35
Textile
0.1 0.035
THE EFFECT OF
PROPERTIES
Fabric Tightness:
Fabric Thickness:
CONCLUSION
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F.P. Incropera and D.P. Dewitt, Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, John Wiley & Sons, 3 rd edition,
1990.
W. Malalasekera, Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Notes, Provided by Textile dept of Technical University
Liberec, 2009.
J. T. Williams, Textile for cold weather apparel, Wood head publishing limited, USA, 2009.
K. Greenwood, W. H. Rees and J. Lord, Studies in Modern Fabrics, The Textile Institute, Manchester, pp.
197, 1970.