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Thermo-sensitive Clothing Development by Consumer Investigation and Wearing Test

소비자 조사와 착의 실험을 통한 온도감응형 기능성 의류개발을 위한 기초연구

  • Sang, Jeong-Seon (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Hanyang University) ;
  • Chung, Kyunghwa (Dept. of Fashion Design, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Park, Juhyun (School of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Oh, Kyung Wha (Dept. of Fashion Design, Chung-Ang University)
  • 상정선 (한양대학교 의류학과) ;
  • 정경화 (중앙대학교 디자인학부 패션디자인전공) ;
  • 박주현 (중앙대학교 화학신소재공학부) ;
  • 오경화 (중앙대학교 디자인학부 패션디자인전공)
  • Received : 2017.02.20
  • Accepted : 2017.02.26
  • Published : 2017.02.28
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Abstract

In this research, consumer awareness investigation and wearing test were carried out for obtaining useful data on the development of thermo-sensitive functional clothing material. A survey involved 216 people in Seoul and Kyeonggi-do, and 200 questionnaires data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and frequency using SPSS 17.0. Four healthy men in twenties were participated for wearing test. Subjects in normal loungewear were exposed to temperature change from the initial temperature $30^{\circ}C$ down to $5^{\circ}C$ for an hour in a climate chamber. The environmental temperature, surface temperature of garment and skin were measured. As a result, most of respondents have all season clothing products such as underwear, hosiery, and jogging suit for loungewear. Also, thermo regulator y functional clothes are frequently used as underwear and sweat shirt. The consumer awareness investigation on thermo regulatory functional clothing showed that the most important key buying factor is quick climate temperature response, easy maintenance, design and cost, in that order. Surface temperature of garment went down with the cooling down of environmental temperature. The lower environmental temperature, the greater temperature difference by body part showed. Skin temperature change by environmental temperature showed similar tendency of garment surface temperature. In comparison between garment surface and body skin, temperature difference became larger under the lower environmental temperature.

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