Thermal impact of steel toe cap in footwear
Author
Editor
- Ruth Nielsen
- Carsten Borg
Summary, in English
There were no statistically significant differences between the insulation values of boots As and An, but the differences were statistically significant for another model showing higher insulation values for the Wn. No differences due to insulation could be pointed out from measurements on subjects.
Statistically significant differences were found for both models regarding the rate of change of heat loss from AHF when its location was changed from cold (-10 °C) to warm (+20 °C). The decrease of heat loss from AHF depended on the rate of a temperature change of the boots. The results showed that a faster change in heat loss from AHF occurred for boots without steel toe caps. Data from subjects seemed to confirm this by a somewhat faster rise in toe skin temperatures after cold exposure in boots without steel toe caps. This effect was related to the higher mass and heat contents of the boots with steel toe cap.
Publishing year
1997
Language
English
Pages
190-193
Publication/Series
Proceedings of the Fifth Scandinavian Symposium on Protective Clothing
Document type
Conference paper
Publisher
NOKOBETEF
Topic
- Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Conference name
Protective clothing: the Fifth Scandinavian Symposium on Protective Clothing (NOKOBETEF 5)
Conference date
1997-05-05 - 1997-05-08
Conference place
Elsinore, Denmark
Status
Published
Research group
- Thermal Environment Laboratory
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 87-89895-17-7