@inproceedings{bf5d8b40a1374613b1cb8fbb5e5295a4,
title = "Latent Heat Loss of a Virtual Thermal Manikin for Evaluating the Thermal Performance of Bicycle Helmets",
abstract = "Thermal performance of three bicycle helmets for latent heat loss was evaluated through a virtual testing methodology using Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. The virtual thermal manikin was prescribed with a constant sweat rate of 2 g/h and a constant sweat film thickness of 0.3 mm. The simulations were carried out at 6 m/s until convergence was achieved. The results from steady state simulations show heat loss of 158 W from manikin without helmet and approximately 135 W with helmets. However, the thermal performance of helmets with a sweating manikin has been reduced from 89–93% to 84–87%. These results imply that evaporative/latent heat loss plays a significant role in thermal performance of helmets. Therefore, thermal performance tests for helmets should also include testing of helmets for evaporative heat loss.",
keywords = "Thermal manikin, Evaporative heat transfer , Convective heat transfer , Cooling efficiency , Turbulence models , CFD , Thermal performance",
author = "Shriram Mukunthan and Jochen Vleugels and Toon Huysmans and {De Bruyne}, Guido",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-94223-0_7",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-319-94222-3",
series = "Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "66--78",
editor = "Cassenti, {Daniel N.}",
booktitle = "Advances in Human Factors in Simulation and Modeling",
note = "AHFE 2018 : International Conferences on Human Factors and Simulation and Digital Human Modeling and Applied Optimization ; Conference date: 21-07-2018 Through 25-07-2018",
}