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Moisture accumulation in sleeping bags at subzero temperatures - effect of semipermeable and impermeable covers
Because subzero temperatures are expected to affect the vapor resistance of micro porous membranes, the effect of using semipermeable and impermeable rain covers for sleeping bags on moisture accumulation in the bags during 6 days of use at -7°C is investigated. Moisture accumulation is related to the vapor resistance of the materials. The best semipermeable material gives the same moisture build-up as no cover. Semiperme able cover materials are effective at reducing moisture accumulation in sleeping bags at moderate subzero temperatures.
Funding
This research was funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Defense.
History
School
- Design
Published in
TEXTILE RESEARCH JOURNALVolume
72Issue
4Pages
281 - 284 (4)Citation
HAVENITH, G., 2002. Moisture accumulation in sleeping bags at subzero temperatures - effect of semipermeable and impermeable covers. Textile Research Journal, 72 (4), pp. 281 - 284.Publisher
Sage PublicationsVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
2002Notes
This article was published in the serial, Textile Research Journal [Sage Publications]. The definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/004051750207200401ISSN
0040-5175Publisher version
Language
- en