METHOD OF PATTERN MAKING FOR SWEATING THERMAL MANIKIN FOR RESEARCH EXPERIMENT PURPOSES.

This paper is showing the technique, which was developed during the research of Redefining Men's Shirt Pattern1, of making a tightly fitted shirt pattern for the sweating thermal manikin (model-Newton) for the usage of the research experiments. From supplies to the pattern making procedures are clearly reported with details. The finished shirt is closely fitted to the manikin with minimum air gaps and the pattern can also be graded into different sizes for research purposes. The goal of making this pattern set for the manikin is to understand the true effect of air gaps influenced on the thermal insulation (Rct) and the evaporative resistance (Ret). With this method, the researcher will know the increase of the air gap that is built into the shirt from minimum to different sizes of the air gap. Hence, it will benefit the study of air gaps related to thermal insulation and the evaporative resistance rather than using the ready-to-wear shirt which will only give the size labels without knowing the air gap distance that is built in the measurements of the shirt. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]