Monday, March 21, 2011

Clothing and comfort


Introduction:
Clothing is the most important necessity of day - to day human life. Without food a person can survive for few days but without clothing it is not possible to survive in the civilized environment.The role of clothing are multipurpose e.g.To protect human body from different environmental conditions.To lead civilized life,to feel comfort,to increase attractiveness,to save human body form unusual situation etc. If we want to understand the role of clothing and design of clothing etc. We should understand the physical aspect of clothing.
Process of maintaining constant body temperature and role of clothing:
As food necessary yo survive, clothing is also necessary to maintain body temperature to correct rate. The food material used by human are digested by physiological process . The digested food provides heat and angry to human body .To retain that heat on the body to a correct level.Clothing and the design of clothing is very important.The design of clothing should be such that it can protect human body guard any adverse environmental as well as the body movement of any parts i comfortable. As per medical since , human body core temperature should be 37 degree centigrade and skin temperature should be 33 degree centigrade to feel comfortable.Skin temperature may be from place to place of human body ,e.g. lowest at leaf of feel and hand,and highest at under warm.When body temperature drops,then skins of hand,leg,body,face etc starts working to squeeze loos cells to protect loss of body temperature and to maintain constant core temperature of body.

Basically there are four methods of temperature loss from human body.
a) Condition
b) convection
c) Radiation
d) Perspiration and respiration

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