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Modelling surface temperatures on 3G artificial turf
conference contribution
posted on 2018-08-10, 12:55 authored by Matej Gustin, Paul FlemingPaul Fleming, David AllinsonDavid Allinson, Stephen WatsonHigh surface temperatures are often recorded on or close to the surface of an artificial turf pitch (ATP). Many literature sources from different countries have reported surface temperatures on artificial pitches rising up to 90–95 °C on hot days, which has raised numerous concerns about health risks for adult and child users. This study has investigated the thermal behavior of an instrumented 3rd generation ATP at Loughborough University in the UK, and related data also
collected from several similar ATPs and a natural turf field. The data show the ATP is warming up and cooling down very quickly, up to 2.5–3.0 °C per minute. Solar radiation is the main factor driving the surface temperature fluctuations. A numerical model was developed to predict the surface temperatures and showed good approximation to the observed data. The model was used to show peak surface temperatures could be significantly reduced by increasing the albedo of the surface.
Funding
This research was made possible by EPSRC support for the London-Loughborough CDT in Energy Demand (grant EP/L01517X/1).
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
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12th Conference of the International Sports Engineering AssociationPages
279 - 279Citation
GUSTIN, M. ... et al., 2018. Modelling surface temperatures on 3G artificial turf. Proceedings 2(6): 279.Publisher
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Presented at the 12th Conference of the International Sports Engineering Association, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 26–29 March 2018. This is an Open Access Article. It is published by MPDI under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported Licence (CC BY). Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ISSN
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